| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Henry Barnes Curtis Papers
| | | | Creator: | Curtis, Henry Barnes | | | | Dates: | 1824-1847 | | | | Abstract: | Henry Barnes Curtis (1799-1885) was a lawyer, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. The collection consists of specifications, contracts, bills, orders, receipts, and other memoranda, relating to the construction of the Curtis home. Actual construction of this building, now known as the Curtis-Devin home, was begun in 1934 by Westley Irvin and Eliphalet Armstrong, who followed a design published in Edward Shaw's Civil Architecture in 1831. Some of these papers were published in the Appendix of I. T. Frary's Early Homes of Ohio (Richmond: Garrett and Massie, 1936). | | | | Call #: | MS 2896 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Curtis, Henry Barnes, 1799-1885. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio. | Mount Vernon (Ohio) -- History.
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