Architectural drawings, 1918-1931.

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Architectural drawings, 1918-1931.

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Trost & Trost is a small collection of architectural drawings and plans including floor plans, elevations, and details, 1918-1931. The drawings were created by Henry C. Trost and his firms variously called: Trost & Trost; Trost & Trost and Geo P. Hill; and Trost & Trost and Wm. Brittelle. Most plans are for hotels and a bank building, primarily located in Albuquerque. A range of architectural styles are reflected in the drawings. For instance, the El Fidel hotel in Albuquerque was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Romanesque features and the Chicago School are reflected in the First National Bank of Albuquerque.

2 drawers (0.5 lin. ft.)

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Trost & Trost and W.M. Brittelle.

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Trost & Trost and Geo. P. Hill.

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Trost, Henry C. (Henry Charles), 1860-1933

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Trost & Trost.

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Henry Charles Trost was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1860. Graduating from art school in 1877, Trost worked as a draftsman for a Toledo architect for three years. Migrating west to Pueblo, Colorado in 1880, Trost established a partnership with Frank Weston, with whom he practiced off and on for eighteen years. In 1887 Trost moved to Chicago. Trost built his Chicago career designing in metal, and received national credit for advancing the art of metal into ornamental form. Trost contributed to the ela...