Macdonald Memorial Library construction drawings
Dalhousie University. Facilities Management
Architecture
Buildings
Libraries
Cobb, Andrew Randall
Darling, Frank
Dalhousie University. Macdonald Memorial Library
File contains construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University, which was designed by Halifax architect Andrew R. Cobb with consulting architect Frank Darling of Toronto. The bulk of the drawings are part of an original set of 16 sheets dated Dec. 20, 1913 that contain the approval signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald. Sheets 8, 12 and 14 are missing, but are extant as blueprints in Box 1, Folder 2. File also contains a 1914 drawing showing revised window details and a sheet no. 6 from a 1920 alteration to the library. Drawing types include floor plans, elevations, sections and details.
1913 - 1920, predominant 1913
15 architectural drawings : ink on waxed linen ; 50 x 37 cm
https://findingaids.library.dal.ca//technical-drawings-of-the-macdonald-memorial-library
UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1
Halifax (N.S.)