The Luther Briggs, Jr. Architectural Collection consists of designs for over 50 projects. Dating from the late 1840s to the 1850s, most of the plans are for modest dwellings in Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester. The drawings also include a smaller number of business blocks, monuments, and public buildings, among them Liberia College in Monrovia, Liberia. These plans are examples of a conventional architectural practice intended to meet middle-class tastes, and are particularly distinguished by the charm of their meticulous and frequently colored rendering. Several of the residences Briggs designed in Roxbury and Dorchester are still standing. Source: Guide to the Library and Archives, 25.
