Arden : the architecture and planning of a Delaware utopia

360 Pages·1993·9 MB·English

by  Edwards, Eliza Harvey

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ARDEN: THE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF A DELAWARE UTOPIA
Eliza Harvey Edwards
A THESIS
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Historic Preservation
Presented to the faculties ofthe University ofPennsylvania in
Partial Fulfillment ofthe Requiiementsfor the Degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
1993
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George E. Thomas, Lecturer in Historic Preservation, Advisor
ChristaWilmanns-Wells, Lecturer in Historic Preservation, Reader
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
iii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
vii
INTRODUCTION
1
FOUNDING OF ARDEN
9
Frank Stephens 10
William L. Price 12
Purchase of the Derrickson Farm 18
Social and Economic Objectives ofFrank Stephens and William Price 20
PLANNING OF ARDEN
26
ARCHITECTURE OF ARDEN
43
1900- 1908 47
1909-1916 56
Gild Hall 68
The Craftshop 70
Arden Church 72
The Cooler 74
Little Arden 74
Continued Development ofArden 75
CONCLUSIONS
77
ILLUSTRATIONS
80
APPENDICES
124
A. ArdenTimeline 125
B. Arden Map, 1910 134
C. Arden Deed ofTrust 136
D. Arden Building Names 138
E. Map and Key to Significant Elements of Arden's Plan 140
E. Map and Key to Arden Buildings 143
F. Arden Land Rentals 146
G. Poem from Frank Stephens toWilliam Price 152
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National Register Nomination Form, 973 54
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I. Price and Dickey Commissions 161
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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