PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu03798::People's Bank Building Blueprints)//EN" "viu03798.xml" A Guide to the People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints, 1916 & 1949People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints 10636 Special Collections, University of Virginia Library © 2004 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2004 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints 1916 & 1949 10636 This collection is comprised of thirty blueprints. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints, Accession #10636, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The collection was a gift to the Library on February 6, 1987, from Mr. Don Krueger, county engineer of Rockingham County, Harrisonburg, Virginia, through Martha Caldwell, James Madison University.

Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of thirty blueprints, 1916 & 1949, of the People's Bank Building in Harrisonburg, Virginia (now the Rockingham County Office Building). The bank was designed by architect Alfred C. Bossom. The blueprints chiefly illustrate full scale details of interior and exterior views of the bank and its structural plans as well as alterations and plans for the entrance vestibule and lobby, cellar plans, the directors' room, a marble drinking fountain, and various grille work in addition to other details.

Also present are blueprints by W. H. Tuttle for 1949 renovations of the building. Tuttle's blueprints include plans for improved banking quarters and consists of various elevation schemes and perspectives.

Contents List Full scale details of plaster pilaster caps, soffits, cornice ceiling, and other interior details: 1 plan, 2 interior elevations, 1 section, 4 interior details 1 Full scale detail of panel and clock over door: 1 interior elevation 1 Reflected plan of ceiling, director's room: 1 plan, 1 section 1 Full scale detail of marble and plaster pediment door at vault: 1 interior elevation 1 Full scale detail of marble and plaster main entrance to bank: 1 interior elevation 1 Full scale detail of marble trim around door from bank into entrance vestibule: 2 interior elevations, 1 section 1 Full scale detail of marble drinking fountain: 1 half plan, 2 sections 1 Full scale detail of show window on East Market Street: 1 plan, 1 interior elevation, 3 sections on 4'*6 sheet 1 Individual floor plans for the first floor, mezzanine, first floor and mezzanine revised, second floor, and third to fifth floor: 6 structural plans 1 Details of directors' room, various furniture details: 1 plan, 1 section 1 Two sheets 1/2" scale detail plan of banking room and 1/2" scale detail plan of mezzanine and reflected plan showing banking room: 3 plans 1 1/2" scale details of bank, screen, check desk, etc., including slightly revised sheets; 1/2" scale elevations of bank interior (2 prints, each torn, of same master sheet): 12 interior elevations, 4 sheets 2 Entrance vestibule and lobby details: 1 plan, 2 interior elevations, 1 section 2 Excavation and cellar plans: 1 plan, 1 structural plan 2 Alterations and additions to main entrance: 1 plan, 1 exterior elevation 2 Roof and penthouse plans, men's toilet details: 2 plans, 2 interior elevations, 1 section 2 Revised scheme done in 1949 by W. H. Tuttle-includes 2 blueprints: 4 plans, 1 exterior elevation, 1 interior elevation, 6 sections 2 Four different schemes for revised banking quarters: 4 plans, 1 interior elevation, 1 section, 1 perspective 2 More revised schemes by Tuttle: 2 plans, 5 interior elevations, 4 sections 2