Pattison family
The family, in view.
A living map of households, marriages, books, work, and younger branches still coming into view. The office and the buildings matter because people carried them.
Ways in
Choose a person, place, book, or paper.
The map is the front door. From there, follow a person into work, books, places, and the pages that let the family read for itself.
Family Tree
Place the people first
Parents, siblings, spouses, children, and branches still being gathered. The tree is the orientation map for everything else.
Lives
Follow accomplishment by person
Charles in the station world, Frank in public technical writing, Mary in books and household engineering, and each branch with room to grow.
Brothers' Office
Read how the business described itself
The firm notice, the Mint letter, and the early work records show the office selling plans, inspection, supervision, and judgment.
Places
Follow the family into the city
A map-led path through churches, skyscrapers, libraries, theatres, hospitals, campuses, finance, and civic buildings.
Mary's Books
Read Mary beside the engineering story
Mary's 1915 book and later memoir belong in the family tree as authored works, not merely as background to Frank.
Papers
Open the pages themselves
Full page images, clean reading copy, and plain context for the papers behind the family tree and the focused paths.
Accomplishments
Charles and Frank need separate ledgers of respect.
Charles is not merely a brother beside Frank. Frank is not merely a name on a firm. The strongest papers let each man carry his own kind of accomplishment.
Trade note / June 5, 1897
Charles returns from the station world
The trade item gives Charles six years in Boston Edison station construction and operation. It restores the practical brother to the center of the family undertaking.
Frank-authored technical article / 1897-08
Frank explains the modern building
Frank treats a building as a living plant: elevators, light, heat, ventilation, boilers, batteries, switches, cost, safety, and common sense made to work together.
Office and city
The business becomes visible in documents and places.
The office follows the business voice. The city follows the map. Together they keep Pattison Brothers important while leaving the wider family tree intact around it.
Business letter / July 20, 1891
The office describes what it can do
The letter is not family memory and not a reporter's summary. It is the office saying what it could do: plans, specifications, supervision, inspection, testing, and reports.
City work
The map is where the business meets the city.
Each pin opens a place where the family work intersects with New York's buildings: power, light, heat, elevators, telephones, theatres, libraries, hospitals, and civic rooms.
Newspaper article / April 29, 1911
Frank appears in the public library record
The newspaper puts Frank before engineers, then follows him into the new Public Library. The family can almost see him explaining the hidden life of the building.