St. Francis Wood virtual collection 1912-1946

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St. Francis Wood virtual collection 1912-1946

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Located in the southwestern corner of San Francisco, St. Francis Wood is a prime example of the "Garden City" ideals of neighborhood planning popular at the turn of the 20th century. The St. Francis Wood Virtual collection contains digital images of drawings, photographs, correspondence and other historical documents relating to the architecture and landscape architecture of the St. Francis Wood neighborhood of San Francisco, California. All items in this virtual collection are assembled from existing collections in the Environmental Design Archives

197 items; 197 digital objects

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Environmental Design Archives

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Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957

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Born in San Francisco, Julia Morgan (1872-1957) grew up in Oakland in a spacious Victorian house. Gifted in mathematics and encouraged in her studies by her mother, Morgan was influenced to become an architect by her mother's cousin, Pierre Le Brun, who designed an early skyscraper, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower in Manhattan. In 1890, she enrolled in the undergraduate civil engineering program at the University of California at Berkeley, in part because there were no architectural school...

Environmental Design Archives

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William W. Wurster founded the Environmental Design Archives (then the Architectural Archives) in 1953 as a teaching collection, following the recommendation of eminent architectural historian Henry Russell Hitchcock. The personal papers and project records of Bernard Maybeck comprised the inaugural donation. In 1973 the Department of Landscape Architecture combined its collections with the Architectural Archives prompting the College of Environmental Design to adopt the name "Documents Collecti...

Ward, Thomas

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Henry Gutterson

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William G. Merchant

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Irving F. Morrow

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St. Francis Wood Homeowners Association

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Gertrude Comfort Morrow

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Shepherd, H. W.

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Harry Whitcomb Shepherd was an instructor of landscape architecture at UC Davis from 1922-1925, and at UC Berkeley from 1926-1955. During this time he also maintained a professional practice in landscape architecture and was an active member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. From the description of Harry W. Shepherd collection, 1923-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83292109 Biography Shepherd, Harry W, ...

Olmstead Brothers

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Walter Steilberg

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Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931

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A leader in the American Renaissance Movement, with special interest in the Beaux-Arts style, John Galen Howard came to California in 1892-1893. He was chosen to execute the Hearst plan for the University of California, Berkeley, and later founded the School of Architecture at Berkeley. Howard's own buildings on the Berkeley campus exhibit the range of materials and styles taught at the School. He also had an active practice in San Francisco. Architects trained by him include Julia Morgan, Willi...

Stafford L. Jory

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