Finding aid for the Hezekiah Eldredge Papers
Title:
Hezekiah Eldredge Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Eldredge, Hezekiah
Dates:
1821-1876
Quantity:
2.00 linear feet (4 containers and 4 oversize volumes)
Abstract:
 Hezekiah Eldredge (1795-1845) was an architect, carpenter and builder. He worked in Rochester, New York until 1834 when he moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Alonzo Eldredge was his son. Hezekiah Eldredge was a builder of churches, residences, banks, warehouses, and stores, and was active in the Rochester, New York area from 1825-1834 and in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1834-1845. The collection consists of agreements, receipts, labor and building materials statements, pass and time books, correspondence, ledgers, account books, a ciphering book and plans of Hezekiah and Alonzo Eldredge, and a biography of Hezekiah Eldredge by Sarah E. Rusk.
Identification:
MS 3259
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Hezekiah Eldredge Papers, 1821-1876 and undated, consist of agreements, receipts, labor and building materials statements, pass and time books, correspondence, ledgers, account books, a ciphering book and plans of Hezekiah and Alonzo Eldredge, and a biography of Hezekiah Eldredge by Sarah E. Rusk.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and architecture, carpentry, and construction there in the nineteenth century.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Architects -- New York -- Rochester.
Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Architecture -- New York.
Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Carpenters -- New York -- Rochester.
Carpenters -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Eldredge, Hezekiah, 1795-1845.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3259 Hezekiah Eldredge Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Rogers D. Rusk in 1965 and 1969.

Detailed Description of The Collection



Hezekiah Eldredge Papers, 1821-1876; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Statements for carpentry work done, Weedsport, New York, 1821-1825




Box 1 / Folder 2
Check books for labor and agreement for lease of machinery for hoisting boats, 1825-1829




Box 1 / Folder 3
Statements for carpentry work, labor, building materials, etc., 1830-1834




Box 1 / Folder 4
Passbooks with various stores in Cleveland, Ohio, 1834-1837




Box 1 / Folder 5-6
Statements and receipts for carpentry work, labor, building materials, etc., 1835




Box 1 / Folder 7
Agreements, receipts, etc., 1836-1839




Box 1 / Folder 8
Certificate of Master Mason in the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of. . .Masons, 1854




Box 1 / Volume 1
"Hezekiah Eldredge (1795-1845) Master Builder of Western New York State and the Western Reserve" by Sarah E. Rusk (photocopy of typescript), undated




Box 2 / Folder 1-2
Agreements, receipts, etc., 1840-1849




Box 2 / Folder 3
Miscellaneous documents, dates vary




Box 2 / Volume 2
Driscoll and Eldredge ledger, 1831-1839




Box 2 / Volume 3
Ledger for major building for S. S. Stone, 1844-1846




Box 2 / Volume 4
Ledger, 1930-1838




Box 3 / Volume 9
Journal, 1838




Box 3 / Volume 10
Ledger, 1838




Box 3 / Volume 11
Receipt book, 1836-1845




Box 4 / Volume 12-12a
Receipt book, 1845




Box 4 / Volume 13
Account book, 1846-1876




Box 4 / Volume 14
Ciphering book, Rochester, New York, 1830-1833




Volume 5-6
Waste book, 1832-1837




Volume 7-8
Journal, 1835-1838