1903-2017, predominant 1903-1956
HAV-01-403-F-G-307 (folder 1-33); HAV-01-403-F-G-308 (folder 34-42); HAV-01-403-F-G-309 (folders 43-57)
GUSN-327896
This collection contains architectural drawings by Charles K. B. Nevin and Edward T. Sanderson, who both practiced in the early twentieth century in New England. The relationship between Nevin and Sanderson is unclear, as they were contemporaries but never worked in the same architectural firm. The collection includes approximately 650 architectural drawings designed by Nevin, arranged by client name in alphabetical order. The projects are mostly residential, as he designed homes in Williamstown, Newton, and Brookline, Massachusetts, and other towns throughout New England. Nevin also designed a few commercial and industrial properties, most notably the Industrial School for Boys in Shirley, Massachusetts, and storefronts in New York, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts. Also included are properties on the campus of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The drawings are ink on starch coded linen and are identified with a unique but undiscernible project number.
The collection also includes the architectural drawings of Edward T. Sanderson, who designed residential and commercial buildings in New England. Projects are located primarily in Massachusetts, including Holliston, Wellesley, Natick, Dover, Sherborn, and Weston, Massachusetts. Other locations include Hancock, New Hampshire, and Quebec, Canada, as well as a number of unidentified locations. Approximately 350 architectural drawings designed by Sanderson are included, arranged by client in alphabetical order. Sandersons drawings include a variety of materials such as blueprints and pencil on trace paper. The drawings are numbered with a unique project number. Additionally, there are a few pieces of ephemera, including correspondence, photographs, and product catalogs, relating to Sanderson and his architectural projects.
architectural drawings (visual works)
blueprints (reprographic copies)
suburban houses
architectural elements
photographic prints
industrial buildings
commercial buildings
architectural drawings (visual works)
ephemera
photographic prints
6.30 linear feet (54 oversize folders, 1 photo folder, and 3 letter-size folders)
An electronic finding aid is available through Historic New England's Collections Access Portal. A paper finding aid is available in the Library & Archives.
Collection was donated by an anonymous donor in 2017. Accrual was donated by an anonymous donor in 2024.
AR032
Nevin and Sanderson Architectural Drawings Collection
2017
AR032
This collection contains architectural drawings by Charles K. B. Nevin and Edward T. Sanderson, two New England based architects who practiced mainly in the early twentieth century. The drawings are primarily residential properties, although a small portion of the collection depicts industrial and commercial buildings.
Gift
Allston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Ayer (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Brighton (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Dalton (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Dover (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Hancock (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)
Holliston (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Jamaica Plain (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Mansfield (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Medfield (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Natick (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Needham (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
New Bedford (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)
Pittsfield (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Quebec (Canada) [province]
Rome (Roma province, Latium, Italy)
Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Sherborn (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
South Duxbury (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Taunton (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Turner Center (Androscoggin county, Maine)
Belmont (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Wellesley Hills (Wellesley, Norfolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Weston (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
West Newton (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]
Williamstown (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Washington (Washington county, Pennsylvania)
Babson Park (Wellesley, Norfolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Nevin, Charles Kirkland Barker, 1874-1943 (Architect)
Sanderson, Edward Thornton, 1875-1960 (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
ephemera
photographic prints
Sanderson, Edward Thornton, 1875-1960
Nevin, Charles Kirkland Barker, 1874-1943
Haskell, Arthur C. (Arthur Cushman), 1890-1968
Azhderian & Chambers
Dobbs & Company
Dunlap & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Massachusetts. Industrial School for Boys at Shirley
Knox Hat Company
Mount Hope Farm (Williamstown, Mass.)
Babson College
Babson Reports, Inc.
Marrow and McKeil
Wellesley College
Wellesley Trust Co.
Architecture
Architects and builders
Photograph
This collection is available for research.
Three drawings of Wellesley College from Series II, Edward T. Sanderson Architectural Drawings, Folder 52, Wellesley College - Wellesley Trust Co. were removed due to preservation concerns. The drawings have been preserved digitally.
There are no physical restrictions on this collection.
There are no technical restrictions on this collection.
Collection
HAV-01-403-F-G-307 (folder 1-33); HAV-01-403-F-G-308 (folder 34-42); HAV-01-403-F-G-309 (folders 43-57)
Accruals are not expected.
Three drawings of Wellesley College from Series II, Edward T. Sanderson Architectural Drawings, Folder 52, Wellesley College - Wellesley Trust Co. were removed due to preservation concerns. The drawings have been preserved digitally.
Materials are entirely in English.
Item identification. Box #, folder #. Nevin and Sanderson Architectural Drawings Collection, 1886-1956 (AR032). Historic New England, Library & Archives.
This collection was processed by Stephanie Krauss, 2017. An accrual was integrated into the collection by Jordan Meyerl, Senior Archives Cataloguer, 2024.
2nd edition DACS-compliant
Charles Kirkland Barker Nevin was born on July 19, 1874, in Detroit, Michigan, to Basilisse Ada Savignac and David Nevin. His father, David, died the year he was born, and his mother married Frederick Hammond in 1879. Nevin moved from Michigan to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He graduated in 1896 and started working for Charles L. Allen, an architect in Boston, Massachusetts. Nevin began working for himself around the turn of the century, designing private homes throughout New England. He also designed multiple buildings for the Industrial School for Boys in Shirley, Massachusetts, and various storefronts in both New York, New York, and Boston. He married Mary Elizabeth Saltonstall, and the two settled in Brookline, Massachusetts. They had a son, Kirkland Saltonstall Nevin (1910-1927). From 1920 to 1924, Nevin worked for the architectural firm Peare, Quiner, Nevin & Chickering. Their studio was located on 6 Beacon Street in Boston. They designed private homes throughout New England, as well as a few industrial buildings. Nevin returned to independent work after 1924 and continued designing until about 1930. Nevin and Mary lived briefly in New York in the 1930s and then returned in Massachusetts to live in Newton, Massachusetts. Nevin died in Newton on January 10, 1943.
Edward Thornton Sanderson was born on May 8, 1875, to Helen M. Noyes and Edward Sanderson. His father, Edward, died just several months after his birth. Sanderson opened his first architectural office in Littleton, New Hampshire, in 1895. While working in Littleton, Sanderson designed the Academy Building in Haverhill, New Hampshire, in 1896. Sanderson married Caroline Elizabeth Page on June 29, 1898. The same year, they moved to Massachusetts, where Sanderson continued to practice architecture. Edward and Caroline had a daughter, Helen, in 1903, and a son, Page, in 1904. After briefly living in Pennsylvania, the family settled in the greater Boston area. Sanderson continued designing into the 1950s, mostly focusing on local residential projects. His wife, Caroline, died on August 6, 1956 and Sanderson retired to Coral Gables, Florida. He passed died on July 16, 196
"Alumni Notes." (1897) The Tech, Vol. XVI., No. 15.
U.S. Census Bureau. (1930). United States Federal Census. Retrieved from ancestry.com
U.S. Census Bureau. (1940.) United States Federal Census. Retrieved from ancestry.com
"With the exciting new work underway." (2013). Edward Thornton Sanders, Architect: Facades, Fenestration & Finishes, Retrieved from https://silkbrocade2.wordpress.com/.
Charles K. B. Nevin. The Blueprint Collection. Williams College Archives & Special Collections.
The collection is arranged in four series, which are arranged as follows:
Series I. Charles K. B. Nevins Architectural Drawings, 1903 - 1923, undated
Series II. Edward T. Sanderson Architectural Drawings, 1939-1956, undated
Series III. Ephemera, 1951-1952
Series IV. Photographic materials, 1948, undated
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