Robert Cary Long Architectural Drawings

Watercolors, plans, and drawings by architect Robert Cary Long, Jr., including a watercolor showing the south and west views of a private home; exterior drawings and floor plans of a gothic style house, dated 1846; plans for a boarding school including front elevations and floor layouts; and plans and detailed drawings for the Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind in Staunton, Virginia, from 1840-1841.

Robert Cary Long, Jr. was a well-known architect from Baltimore, Maryland, working during the 1820s-1840s. He learned the trade from his father, Robert Cary Long, an architect also working in Baltimore. In 1826, Long, Jr. moved to New York City to study with Martin E. Thompson and Ithiel Town. He was also influenced by the work of Alexander Jackson Davis. By 1835, Long had returned to Baltimore where he opened his own business and became best known for the designs of churches, many of which were in the Gothic style. In 1848, he again moved to New York City where he gained renown for his designs and for his writing in numerous publications, including regular contributions to The Literary World. Long died unexpectedly from cholera in Morristown, New Jersey in 1849.