Guide to the C. Frank Branan Architectural Drawings, 1924

Descriptive Summary

Repository: North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Creator: Branan, C. Frank (Cicero Franklin), 1922-2004
Title: C. Frank Branan Architectural Drawings, 1924 - 1976
Call Number: MC 79
Extent: 0.5 linear feet, 1 oversized flat box
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.
Language of Material: English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access: This collection is open for research. Access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information: Gift of David Christenbury of the State Historic Preservation Office, 2007 (Accession 2007-0287).
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], C. Frank Branan Architectural Drawings, MC 79, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Biographical Note

C. Frank (Cicero Franklin) Branan was born in 1922. He was the son of C. F. Branan and Eugenie Chapman Branan, and he grew up in Sanford, Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1942. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II and the Korean War, and he resigned his commission in 1955.

Branan practiced architecture in Daytona Beach, Florida, before relocating to Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1955 when he joined the architectural firm of William H. Deitrick. This firm later became Guy Crampton and Associates. Branan later became consulting architect for the State of North Carolina in the Office of Historic Preservation. He participated in the restoration of the Whale Head Club in Corolla, North Carolina, and the relocation of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. He retired in 1990. In 2000, Capital Area Preservation gave him and award for lifetime achievement, and the Wake County Board of Commissioners recognized him for distinguished service.

Branan married Mary Lee Burns in 1949. The couple had a daughter, Lorie, and a son, Bob. Branan passed away in 2004.

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains architectural drawings created or received by C. Frank Branan. Included are blue prints and tracings. Buildings represented include residences designed by Branan and located in Florida and North Carolina. The collection also contains plans for some buildings designed by other architects, such Crampton and Deitrick, for whom Branan once worked. While the materials span the time period 1924 - 1976, most documents date from 1949 - 1968.

Organization of the Collection

This collection has not been processed. The drawings remain in the order received.

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Branan, C. Frank (Cicero Franklin), 1922-2004
Crampton, Guy E. (Guy Edwin), 1913-1978.
Deitrick, William Henley, 1895-1974.
Architecture--Florida
Architecture--North Carolina
Architectural drawings

Related Material

Guy E. Crampton and William Henley Deitrick Papers and Drawings

Detailed Description of the Collection

Residential buildings in North Carolina, 1960 - 1965 [MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]
Residential buildings in North Carolina, 1959 [MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]
Wake Forest College Stadium, 1966
Building designed by Crampton and Associates.

[MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]
Miscellaneous buildings, no dates
These buildings do not appear to have been designed by Branan.

[MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]

Orange tube , 1924 - 1976 Contains drawings of Andrew Johnson House, North Carolina State Capital Building, and the Durham County Court House. None of these buildings were designed by Branan.	[MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]

Residence for L. L. Thomas, Jonesboro, North Carolina, 1941
Designed by Charles Benton and Sons.

[MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]
Striped tube, Miscellaneous Plans , 1949 - 1955
Drawings for residential buildings in Florida that were designed by Branan.

[MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]

Striped tube, Residential Buildings in North Carolina, 1960 - 1968 Drawings for the following houses: Herndon, Chapman, Ray, McDonald, Haywood, Joyner (beach), and Thompson (beach).	[MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]

Striped tube, Residential Buildings in North Carolina, 1964 - 1967
Drawings for the following houses: Parker, Leonard, and Joyner.

[MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]
Striped tube, Residential Buildings in North Carolina, 1962 - 1965
Drawings for the following houses: Lupton, Lease, Seawell, Stoughton, and Dosher.

[MC 00079 Oversize Flat Box 1]
Blueprints of School Buildings in Apex, North Carolina, 1947 - 1953
Includes junior high school, school for African Americans, and a teacherage. Some buildings designed by William H. Deitrick.
Blueprints for Cary High School, 1938
Designed by William H. Deitrick.

Guide to the C. Frank Branan Architectural Drawings, 1924 - 1976

Collection Number MC 79

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