Descriptive Summary | |
Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
Creator: | Preston, William Gibbons, 1842-1910. |
Title: | William G. Preston architectural drawings |
Dates: | 1886-1893 |
Extent: | 0.02 cubic feet (1 microfilm roll) |
Identification: | MS 1399 |
William Gibbons Preston (1842-1910) was an architect from Boston, Massachusetts.
This collection consists of a microfilm copy of the architectural drawings by William G. Preston for four buildings located in Savannah, Georgia: the Savannah Cotton Exchange, 1886; the Savannah DeSoto Hotel, 1888; the Chatham County Courthouse, 1889; and the Guard's Armory, 1893. The microfilm of these drawings was created by the Boston Public Library for the Victorian Society of Savannah, Georgia, in 1978.
Original architectural drawings in the William G. Preston collection in the Special Collections of the Boston Public Library.
A microfilm reader is required to access this collection.
Custodial History
Material was acquired by the Victorian Society from the Boston Public Library, the owners of the original material.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], William G. Preston architectural drawings, MS 1399, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Victorian Society, Savannah, Ga., date unknown.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
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1 | X-1399-01. Architectural drawings by William Preston, 1886-1893 | ||||||||||||
Savannah Cotton Exchange (1886); Chatham County Courthouse (1889); Guard's Armory (1893); Savannah DeSoto Hotel (1888). | |||||||||||||