Box 1005
Container
Contains 5 Results:
Property. Maps. Ordnance survey w/ color-coded annotations "referred to in deed." Fragile, undated
File — Box: 1005, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
undated
Renovations. Floor plan of castle. First to fourth floors. Prepared by Frank Gibney, August 1937
File — Box: 1005, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
August 1937
Renovations. Floor plan of castle. Ground floor. Prepared by Frank Gibney, August 1937
File — Box: 1005, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
August 1937
Renovations. Floor plan "A" of cottage in the glen. Prepared by Robert Colhoun Ltd., October 1938
File — Box: 1005, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
October 1938
Renovations. Floor plan "B" of "Improvements" to cottage in the glen. Prepared by Robert Colhoun Ltd., October 1938
File — Box: 1005, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
October 1938