Feb 21, 2008 - Sale 2137

Sale 2137 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(ARCHITECTURE.) FARRAR, DANIEL J. Small archive of papers and photographs from the Daniel J. Farrar family of Richmond Virginia. Includes letters, contracts, St Luke Penny Bank medals, deeds, will, cemetery plot receipt, and other ephemera. For the most part in very good condition. should be seen. Virginia, 1875-1935

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Daniel J. Farrar (1862-1925) had a profound effect on the architecture of the city of Richmond. Farrar, who followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, both builders, was involved with at least 14 buildings in the 1890s, as designer, builder or both. Included here is the contract for the building of Lincoln Hall in Claremont. This archive is also rich in family photographs.