A Guide to the McGill House Photograph Collection
A Collection in the
Thomas Balch Library
Collection Number VC 0011
Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
USA
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Fax: (703) 737-7195
Email: balchlib@leesburgva.gov
URL: http://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/thomas-balch-library/
© 2006 By Thomas Balch Library. All rights reserved.
Processed by: Robbie O'Donnell
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection open for research.
Use Restrictions
Visual materials may require special handling.
Preferred Citation
McGill House Photograph (VC 0011), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA..
Acquisition Information
Lisa Hawthorne, Leesburg, VA
Alternative Form Available
None
Accruals
2006.0037
Processing Information
Processed by Robbie O'Donnell, 22 November 2008. Revised by Beth Schuster, 28 January 2009.
Historical Information
Located in Leesburg's historic district, the house at 19 Cornwall St NW was built in approximately 1858. The frame-style house sits on a plot of .09 acres on the southwest corner of Wirt and Cornwall Streets, facing St. James Episcopal Church to the north. According to the 1757 Hough survey of Leesburg, the lot was originally owned by Robert Hamilton (n.d.). William Forsythe (1824-1921) purchased the property in 1852. The 1853 Yardley Taylor map shows a building on the lot of similar size to the current main building, although slightly south of the corner. In 1877, Samuel McGill (1842-1905) purchased the lot from Forsythe. The 1878 Gray's Map shows the current building's larger section, which the 1886 Sanborn map indicates was 2 stories, directly on the corner; by 1886, the smaller structure had been added to the southeast corner.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of one item, an undated 11x14 inch black-and-white photograph of the house at 19 Cornwall St NW, Leesburg, Virginia. The photographer is not known. It is in good physical condition.
Related Material
Leesburg Architectural Surveys 1971-2002 (M 016), file 253-0035-0274; Thomas Balch Library Map Collection
Adjunct Descriptive Data
Bibliography
Chase, Jacob. Gray's New Map of Leesburg Loudoun County Va. Drawn from Special Surveys. 1 in.: 200 ft. Reprint, Loudoun Restoration and Preservation Society, Leesburg, VA, 1990.
Leesburg Architectural Surveys 1971-2002 (M 016), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia
Loudoun County Deed Books 5S and 6K.
Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Limited. Leesburg, VA, Mar. 1886. 1 in: 50 ft. Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Limited, New York, 1886. http://sanborn.umi.com/va/9036/dateid-000001.htm?CCSI=9975n accessed 28 January 2009.
Taylor, Yardley. Loudoun County Virginia from Actual Surveys by Yardley Taylor. 1 in.: 20 miles. Thomas Reynolds and Robert Pearsall Smith, Philadelphia PA, 1853.
Other Finding Aid
Past Perfect Catalogue Record
Other Finding Aid
Past Perfect Catalogue Record
Bibliography
Chase, Jacob. Gray's New Map of Leesburg Loudoun County Va. Drawn from Special Surveys. 1 in.: 200 ft. Reprint, Loudoun Restoration and Preservation Society, Leesburg, VA, 1990.
Leesburg Architectural Surveys 1971-2002 (M 016), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia
Loudoun County Deed Books 5S and 6K.
Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Limited. Leesburg, VA, Mar. 1886. 1 in: 50 ft. Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Limited, New York, 1886. http://sanborn.umi.com/va/9036/dateid-000001.htm?CCSI=9975n accessed 28 January 2009.
Taylor, Yardley. Loudoun County Virginia from Actual Surveys by Yardley Taylor. 1 in.: 20 miles. Thomas Reynolds and Robert Pearsall Smith, Philadelphia PA, 1853.