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Design for Girard College (originally known as Girard College for Orphans), Philadelphia: perspective view of the college buildings from the street
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NOTES: Girard College was founded in 1833 and opened in 1848 under provisions of the will of financier Stephen Girard. It was originally founded as a philanthropic boarding school to provide education to poor white orphan boys.
Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth: perspective view
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NOTES: The Royal British Female Orphan Asylum (later known as the Royal United Service Orphan Home for Girls) was founded in 1839 to house, care for and train orphan girls whose fathers were formerly members of the armed services.
Designs for the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, Stoke Damerel, Plymouth: elevation of the south front
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NOTES: This design is one of a number of drawings bound into five volumes entitled 'Architectural works of George Wightwick', made between 1832 and 1850. Wightwick instructed his articled pupils to make this detailed set of retrospective drawings to illustrate every building of importance he had designed. The drawings were intended to serve both as a record of Wightwick's completed buildings and as a method of conveying to his students the design process from initial working design to finished structure. The Royal British Female Orphan Asylum (later known as the Royal United Service Orphan Home for Girls) was founded in 1839 to house, care for and train orphan girls whose fathers were formerly members of the armed services.
Design for additions to Washington Hall (later known as Dame Margaret's Hall), Washington, County Durham, for Sir Isaac Bell: sections, elevations and roof plan
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NOTES: Washington Hall was built for Sir Isaac Bell by Philip Webb in the 1860s with later additions by Lethaby. It was later converted into a Dr Barnardo Home for children and renamed Dame Margaret's Hall, after Sir Isaac's wife.
Design for additions to Washington Hall (later known as Dame Margaret's Hall), Washington, County Durham, for Sir Isaac Bell:
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NOTES: Washington Hall was built for Sir Isaac Bell by Philip Webb in the 1860s with later additions by Lethaby. It was later converted into a Dr Barnardo Home for children and renamed Dame Margaret's Hall, after Sir Isaac's wife.
Preliminary design for a chapel, Foundling Hospital, Guilford Street, Bloomsbury, London
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NOTES: Sanderson was the executive architect for the chapel designed by the amateur, Theodore Jacobsen. The sheet also includes sketches of a bookcase seen in profile.
London Orphan Asylum, Linscott Road, Clapton, London
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NOTES: This study was engraved for Thomas H. Shepherd and James Elmes. Metropolitan improvements (London, 1827-[1830]). The building was taken over by the Salvation Army in 1881 who roofed over the courtyard. In 1975 it was bought by the borough of Hackney and was subsequently demolished except for the portico and colonnades and school buildings built behind it.
Mayford, Oakley Square, Camden, London: the children's home, now the Mayford Day Centre
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NOTES: This scheme prepared for the St Pancras Borough Council (later London borough of Camden) comprised 183 flats and a small children's home, now a day centre.
