16 collections related to Architecture, Domestic -- North Carolina -- Designs and plans
Polier, August Lewis
Size: 2.85 linear feet (12 tubes, 1 halfbox, 1 flat folder) Collection ID: MC 00238
This collection contains blueprints of the North Carolina state capitol, blueprint plans for arena at North Carolina State Fair grounds (Dorton Arena, William Henley Dietrick and Matthew Nowicki, architects), and plans for four residences in the Raleigh area. A short biographical sketch of Polier containing photographs and clippings ...
MoreThis collection contains blueprints of the North Carolina state capitol, blueprint plans for arena at North Carolina State Fair grounds (Dorton Arena, William Henley Dietrick and Matthew Nowicki, architects), and plans for four residences in the Raleigh area. A short biographical sketch of Polier containing photographs and clippings is also included. August Lewis Polier (1922-2000) was an architect based in Raleigh, North Carolina. He received a B.S. in architectural engineering from North Carolina State College in 1949, and worked for architect Richard L. Rice and later for the firm of Cooper, Haskins & Rice. In 1955 Polier began working with Jesse M. Page, and later became partner in the firm. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s the firm changed names several times. Polier was involved in a variety of professional organizations, including the North Carolina Board of Architecture, American Institutes of Architects, Raleigh Engineers Club, Construction Specifications Institute, and Raleigh Council of Architects. He retired from Polier, Ballard & Associates in 1988.
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Woodroof, Albert C., 1895-1986, Woodroof, A. C. , Jr. (Albert Cecil), 1920-1991
Size: 65.5 linear feet (238 tubes, 29 document cases, 17 flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00325
The Albert C. Woodroof and A. C. Woodroof, Jr. Papers and Architectural Drawings document the professional activities of the two architects and their firms. The collection is arranged into five series: drawings, project files, office records, professional papers, and personal papers. The drawings series contains drawings from both ...
MoreThe Albert C. Woodroof and A. C. Woodroof, Jr. Papers and Architectural Drawings document the professional activities of the two architects and their firms. The collection is arranged into five series: drawings, project files, office records, professional papers, and personal papers. The drawings series contains drawings from both Woodroof, Sr. and Woodroof, Jr., and includes floor plans, site plans, details, and elevations for a variety of projects. Project files contain correspondence, financial records, contracts and agreements, and other material relating primarily to Woodroof, Jr.’s firm. Office records contain correspondence, lists of prospective clients, personnel files, financial accounts, and promotional materials for Woodroof, Jr.’s firm. Professional papers contain general materials relating to architecture and design, such as publications from the American Institute of Architects and other professional organizations, catalogs, brochures, and clippings. Personal papers contain correspondence and financial records for both men. Materials in this collection range in date from 1927 to 1986. Albert Cecil Woodroof (1895-1986) was an architect based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Woodroof received his architectural license in 1927. He worked for several firms throughout the Southeast before opening his own firm in 1935. His projects included residences, churches, and schools. Albert Cecil Woodroof, Jr. (1920-1991) was an architect based in Greensboro, North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of North Carolina in 1940. From 1948 to 1963, Woodroof worked in the architectural firm of his father, Albert C. Woodroof, Sr., first as a draftsman and later as a partner. In 1964 Woodroof, Jr. opened his own firm, and later partnered with John S. MacRae and Martin A. Senell. Woodroof’s projects include churches, schools, museums, country clubs, shopping centers, and residences, primarily in North Carolina.
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Davis, Archie Royal
Size: 68.9 linear feet (64 archival boxes, 25 flat folders, 147 tube boxes, 11 tubes) Collection ID: MC 00241
The Archie Royal Davis Papers include materials related to Davis's professional associations and civic activities as well as biographical material and photographs. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Davis's office records and architectural drawings. Archie Royal Davis (1907-1980) earned his architecture degree in 1930 from ...
MoreThe Archie Royal Davis Papers include materials related to Davis's professional associations and civic activities as well as biographical material and photographs. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Davis's office records and architectural drawings. Archie Royal Davis (1907-1980) earned his architecture degree in 1930 from North Carolina State College and an engineering degree from the University of North Carolina in 1934. He established his own architectural firm in Durham, North Carolina, in 1939. In 1948, he was appointed as the Orange County Schools Architect. Davis was active in numerous professional and civic organizations throughout his career.
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Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017
Size: 33.2 linear feet (93 flat folders, 6 boxes, 1 flatbox, 1 oversized box, 1 tube) Collection ID: MC 00370
The Brian Shawcroft Papers, 1958-2017, contain drawings and other materials documenting the professional activities of modernist architect Brian Shawcroft and associated architecture firms Holloway-Reeves; MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames; Environmental Planning Associates; Shawcroft-Taylor; and McKimmon Edwards Shawcroft ...
MoreThe Brian Shawcroft Papers, 1958-2017, contain drawings and other materials documenting the professional activities of modernist architect Brian Shawcroft and associated architecture firms Holloway-Reeves; MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames; Environmental Planning Associates; Shawcroft-Taylor; and McKimmon Edwards Shawcroft Associates. The collection is arranged into five series: drawings, professional files, photographic materials, project records, and slides. Drawings include original drawings, reproductions, and CAD printouts of process (or design) drawings and construction documents such as site plans, additions, alterations, and remodeling plans. Professional files include a list of completed projects, reproductions of photographs of projects, and supplemental materials to projects, Shawcroft’s curriculum vitae, and awards. Photographic materials include black-and-white and color prints and photographs of projects. Most photographs were taken by Shawcroft. Brian Shawcroft, born in England in 1929, is a modernist architect. Shawcroft studied architecture at the South West Essex Technical College and School of Art in London from 1949 to 1953. In 1960, he received a Masters in Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following this, he served as an associate professor and lecturer in architecture at the North Carolina State College's School of Design from 1960 to 1968. Shawcroft began practicing architecture professionally in 1954 and worked with various firms throughout his career. He is recognized for designing much of the modernist home inventory in the Research Triangle region from the 1970s to the late 1990s. In 1991 he was awarded the annual Henry Kamphoefner Prize by the American Institute of Architects-North Carolina Chapter for demonstrated excellence in the Modern Movement of architecture. He died in 2017.
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Size: 1.7 linear feet (1 oversize flat box, 1 flat folder) Collection ID: MC 00455
This collection contains architectural drawings collected from various sources by Catherine W. Bishir during her research. Some were acquired for a study of Art Deco architecture in North Carolina. The drawings are mostly blueprints or other reproductions, and they date from 1871 to 1996, although most are from the early twentieth ...
MoreThis collection contains architectural drawings collected from various sources by Catherine W. Bishir during her research. Some were acquired for a study of Art Deco architecture in North Carolina. The drawings are mostly blueprints or other reproductions, and they date from 1871 to 1996, although most are from the early twentieth century. Catherine W. Bishir joined the NC State University Libraries in February 2007 as Curator of Architecture Special Collections. She has had a long career in historic preservation, serving as senior architectural historian for Preservation North Carolina, senior architectural historian and architectural survey coordinator for the State Historic Preservation Office in the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, and adjunct professor in NC State’s School of Architecture. She was a co-founder of the Vernacular Architectural Forum. Her publications include Architects and Builders in North Carolina and North Carolina Architecture. She is Editor in Chief of the website North Carolina Architects & Builders.
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Williams, Carter, 1912-2000
Size: 144.75 linear feet (14 tubes, 372 flat folders, 55 boxes, 1 card box, 1 legal box, 3 slide boxes) Collection ID: MC 00436
The F. Carter Williams Drawings and Files, 1928, 1940-1994, contain drawings and project files for many buildings designed by F. Carter Williams and his firm. Included are blueprints for the Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Branaman residence in Raleigh, North Carolina, blueprints for the F. Carter Williams residence, as well as blueprints of ...
MoreThe F. Carter Williams Drawings and Files, 1928, 1940-1994, contain drawings and project files for many buildings designed by F. Carter Williams and his firm. Included are blueprints for the Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Branaman residence in Raleigh, North Carolina, blueprints for the F. Carter Williams residence, as well as blueprints of other residential projects, churches, and schools. Also included are drawings and blueprints for projects at North Carolina universities, including Duke, North Carolina State, East Carolina, and Meredith. There are project files for many of the same buildings, as well as for several state buildings, including the North Carolina Legislative Building, and building at several parks. Fred Carter Williams (1912-2000) was a Raleigh, North Carolina, architect who designed more than 600 projects throughout the state of North Carolina.
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Matsumoto, George, 1922-
Size: 127.4 linear feet (488 tubes, 56 flatfolders, 9 boxes, 1 legalbox, 2 oversizes boxes, 1 halfbox, 2 oversize flatboxes, 5 flatboxes) Collection ID: MC 00042
The George Matsumoto Papers includes blueprints, specifications, sketches, correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, contracts, financial statements, and other related architectural records that document the extensive commercial and residential work of George Matsumoto and Associates. The bulk of the collection is ...
MoreThe George Matsumoto Papers includes blueprints, specifications, sketches, correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, contracts, financial statements, and other related architectural records that document the extensive commercial and residential work of George Matsumoto and Associates. The bulk of the collection is composed of architectural records, such as drawings and sketches, that signify Matsumoto's architectural influences and his approach to project development over time. Included are materials that cover the various types of projects he took on, such as residential, collegiate, commercial, and community centers. The architectural records cover a wide expanse of projects primarily in North Carolina and California, with others in Virginia, Missouri, New York, Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Illinois. The architectural records, publications, honors and awards, and architectural model contained in the collection portray Matsumoto's career as an architect, businessman, and leader of modernist architecture in the 20th century. The materials range from 1930 to 2009, with the bulk from 1940 to 1979. A project index to the collection is available online. George Matsumoto (1922-2016) was a Japanese American architect and educator who is most known for his award-winning, modernist designs. In 1948, Matsumoto became a faculty member at the School (later College) of Design of North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). During his tenure at the School of Design, Matsumoto won more than thirty awards for his residential work, and his achievements in design were widely published. In 1961, George Matsumoto went on to join the faculty at the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley, and opened his own firm. He stopped teaching in 1967 but continued his architecture work until 1991. In contrast to his residential work, Matsumoto's post-teaching work is mostly comprised of community centers and collegiate designs.
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Size: 0.6 linear feet (2 flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00460
This collection contains large-format photocopies of architectural drawings of the S. P. Alexander residence in Forest Hills, a residential district in Durham, North Carolina; and architectural blueprints of a residence in Hope Valley, a suburb of Durham, North Carolina. George Watts Carr, Sr. (1893-1975) was a Durham, N.C., ...
MoreThis collection contains large-format photocopies of architectural drawings of the S. P. Alexander residence in Forest Hills, a residential district in Durham, North Carolina; and architectural blueprints of a residence in Hope Valley, a suburb of Durham, North Carolina. George Watts Carr, Sr. (1893-1975) was a Durham, N.C., architect. After heading the Durham office of architects Northup and O'Brien from 1926 to 1927, he had his own practice in the same city. He was primarily responsible for projects that his firm produced in the Durham area, especially in the Forest Hills neighborhood. Carr received honor awards from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, for which he served as vice president 1936-1937.
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Size: 1 linear foot (4 flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00476
The James N. Sherrill Architectural Drawings contain the architectural drawings of James N. Sherrill from 1956 to 1968 with most buildings located in Hickory, North Carolina but a few in other locations such as Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Most of the drawings are for homes and residences of local ...
MoreThe James N. Sherrill Architectural Drawings contain the architectural drawings of James N. Sherrill from 1956 to 1968 with most buildings located in Hickory, North Carolina but a few in other locations such as Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Most of the drawings are for homes and residences of local families. However, one set shows the drawings for the Addition to Gardner Hall at North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh in 1964. James N. Sherrill was an American Institute of Architects (AIA) architect who was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1925. He graduated from Reynolds High School in 1943 and spent three years in the Navy before beginning the Architectural Engineering program at North Carolina State University in 1946. He graduated from what became the School of Design in 1951. After interning for several Raleigh architects, he worked for Clemmer and Horton in Hickory, North Carolina, from 1953 to 1958. Four of his buildings designed while there won American Institute of Architects North Carolina (AIANC) awards. Sherrill started his own firm in 1958. He won another AIANC design award in 1962 for a Northwestern Bank branch in Hickory. He designed an addition to Gardner Hall (now Thomas Hall) on the North Carolina State University campus in 1965 that was completed in 1967. Sherrill passed away on 2012 May 9.
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Webb, James M. (James Murray), 1908-2000
Size: 222.5 linear feet (88 document cases, 2 flat boxes, 6 cartons, 6 flat folders, 470 tubes.) Collection ID: MC 00102
The collection contains the business and design records from James M. Webb's architectural firm, as well as his personal papers and some papers of his brother, John B. Webb, and his mother, Martha Webb. The major groupings of records are Project Files, Drawings, Maps, Professional Papers, Personal Papers, Photographs and Slides, ...
MoreThe collection contains the business and design records from James M. Webb's architectural firm, as well as his personal papers and some papers of his brother, John B. Webb, and his mother, Martha Webb. The major groupings of records are Project Files, Drawings, Maps, Professional Papers, Personal Papers, Photographs and Slides, Videos, Artifacts, John B. Webb, and Martha Webb. James Murray Webb was born in 1908 and died in 2000. In 1947, he joined the new City and Regional Planning School at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill, where he served as a faculty member for thirty years. He and his brother, John Bruce Webb, maintained an architectural practice in Chapel Hill and designed a number of modernist houses and other buildings in the area.
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Ramsay, John Erwin, 1915-
Size: 53.5 linear feet (30 archival storage boxes, 5 flatboxes, 1 oversize flatbox, 171 flat files, flatfolders) Collection ID: MC 00247
Project files, including architectural drawings, sketches, specifications, financial records, correspondence, and photographs. Additional materials include student work (architectural projects and exercises, life drawings) and awards and certificates. John Erwin Ramsay, Sr., FAIA (1915-1991) was born in Salisbury, N.C., and educated ...
MoreProject files, including architectural drawings, sketches, specifications, financial records, correspondence, and photographs. Additional materials include student work (architectural projects and exercises, life drawings) and awards and certificates. John Erwin Ramsay, Sr., FAIA (1915-1991) was born in Salisbury, N.C., and educated at the University of North Carolina and Yale University's School of Architecture. Following service in the Army, 1941-1946, Ramsay returned to Salisbury to open the second architectural firm in that city. As strong proponents of modern architecture, Ramsay and Associaties were responsible for the design of many modernist residences and buildings, including the Rowan County Health and Agricultural Building, Alderman Studios in High Point, N.C., and the American Square showroom for American Furniture in Thomasville, N.C. Ramsay was also responsible for the restoration of numerous historic buildings in Rowan County, including the Rowan County Court House, the John Knox house, and his firm's offices, a converted early 20th-century residence. He retired from practice in 1989.
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North Carolina State University. Center for Universal Design
Size: 3.6 linear feet (17 flatfolders, 1 tube, 1 archival box); 40 megabytes; 1531 files; 2 websites Collection ID: UA 110.052
The North Carolina State University, College of Design, Center for Universal Design Records include drawings and plans of houses and commercial buildings illustrating the concepts of accessible or universal design. Contains archived web content. There are also some drawings of appliances as well as some materials published by the ...
MoreThe North Carolina State University, College of Design, Center for Universal Design Records include drawings and plans of houses and commercial buildings illustrating the concepts of accessible or universal design. Contains archived web content. There are also some drawings of appliances as well as some materials published by the Center. Materials range in date from 1985 to 2001. The Center for Universal Design was founded to promote and to research accessible or universal design in the home, in commercial and public facilities, in the built environment, and in products. The Center accomplished this goal through education and training, research projects, and its publications. Originally called the Center for Accessible Design, it was founded in 1989 by Ronald L. Mace, a pioneer in the field, who coined the term "universal design." By about 2008, the Center was no longer functioning.
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Size: 23.95 linear feet (81 tubes, 3 document cases, 2 flat folder drawers) Collection ID: MC 00428
The Richard B. Schnedl Papers, 1896-2011, document the professional activities of architect Richard Burke Schnedl and his architectural firms. The collection contains drawings and plans for a number of Schnedl’s projects and several historic buildings designed by other architects, which include site plans, floor plans, electrical and ...
MoreThe Richard B. Schnedl Papers, 1896-2011, document the professional activities of architect Richard Burke Schnedl and his architectural firms. The collection contains drawings and plans for a number of Schnedl’s projects and several historic buildings designed by other architects, which include site plans, floor plans, electrical and plumbing plans, elevations, sections, and details. The remaining records are grouped as project files, office records, and personal papers. North Carolina-based architect Richard Burke Schnedl specialized in residential design, especially at Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Schnedl received a B.Arch. from North Carolina State College and went on to work with Leslie N. Boney, Edwin Schnedl (Schnedl & Schnedl), Hayes, Howell & Associates, and later ran his own firm called Richard B. Schnedl, Architect and Richard B. Schnedl & Partner (later John W. Thompson, Architect, P.A.).
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Cooper, Thomas W. (Thomas Wright), 1897-1957
Size: 0.55 linear feet (1 half box, 1 flat folder) Collection ID: MC 00446
The Thomas W. Cooper Papers contains documentation on the Walter Noneman residence in the Bloomsbury area of Raleigh, North Carolina. Included are blueprint drawings and specficiations for the house. There is also a folder of bills and correspondence from the building contractor. Thomas Wright Cooper (1897-1957) was a Raleigh ...
MoreThe Thomas W. Cooper Papers contains documentation on the Walter Noneman residence in the Bloomsbury area of Raleigh, North Carolina. Included are blueprint drawings and specficiations for the house. There is also a folder of bills and correspondence from the building contractor. Thomas Wright Cooper (1897-1957) was a Raleigh architect who practiced with several different associates. He designed in a wide range of architectural styles from the 1920s onward, including works in Colonial Revival, Neoclassical, and Modern modes.
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Size: 1.5 linear feet Collection ID: MC 00138
The collection contains documents on the residence at 106 John Street, Louisburg, North Carolina, designed by G. Milton Small and originally owned by the Wheless Family. It includes construction and architectural contracts, land deeds, invoices (for furnishings, landscaping, and contractors), and drawings (plot plans, floor plans, ...
MoreThe collection contains documents on the residence at 106 John Street, Louisburg, North Carolina, designed by G. Milton Small and originally owned by the Wheless Family. It includes construction and architectural contracts, land deeds, invoices (for furnishings, landscaping, and contractors), and drawings (plot plans, floor plans, construction plans, property and subdivision surveys), and photographs of the Wheless residence. Also included is 1 CD that contains 118 survey photographs taken by Laura A. W. Phillips for the National Register of Historic Places. In 1954, Thomas and Lois Wheless contracted with architect G. Milton Small to design a residence for them in Louisburg, North Carolina. The house is one story and has three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. It is considered an excellent example of mid-twentieth century modern architecture in North Carolina.
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Wallace, William Roy, 1889-1983, Wallace, William Roy, Jr., 1922-
Size: 151.5 linear feet (35 boxes, 11 card boxes, 31 drawers, 3 flat boxes, 21 oversize boxes, 31 tube boxes) Collection ID: MC 00517
The William Roy Wallace Architectural Papers, circa 1913- circa 2000, contain architectural drawings and project files that document the work of Wallace and his associates. Included are plans for homes for many Winston-Salem tobacco and textiles scions from the 1930s to 1980s as well as for their counterparts in Burlington, ...
MoreThe William Roy Wallace Architectural Papers, circa 1913- circa 2000, contain architectural drawings and project files that document the work of Wallace and his associates. Included are plans for homes for many Winston-Salem tobacco and textiles scions from the 1930s to 1980s as well as for their counterparts in Burlington, Greensboro, High Point and Boone. Also included are designs created for various religious, educational, and commercial clients throughout the state. Drawings from Charles Barton Keen, Wallace’s mentor and a prolific designer of homes for the Philadelphia elite, who was also a favorite architect of wealthy tobacco and textile families in North Carolina, are also included here. Also included in this collection are drawings by Wallace's son, William Roy Wallace, Jr., and it is not always clear which Wallace was the architect for a particular drawing. A project index to the collection is available online. William Roy Wallace (1889-1983), a native of Pennsylvania, began his career in association with Philadelphia architect Charles Barton Keen (1868-1931), a designer of country houses for the Philadelphia elite. Keen created a second major body of work among the leading industrial families in the North Carolina Piedmont, including the famed Reynolda House (1912-1918) for the Reynolds family in Winston-Salem. Wallace worked with Keen as an office boy, a draftsman, and eventually as partner. In 1923 Keen and Wallace moved to Winston-Salem to manage the construction of the R. J. Reynolds High School and Auditorium. After Keen returned to Philadelphia, Wallace oversaw the Winston-Salem office and traveled back and forth from Philadelphia to supervise the firm’s many projects. Throughout the 1920s, the two architects worked on many of the great homes in Reynolda Park and Stratford Road in Winston-Salem, including the C. A. Kent House, the Robert Hanes House, and the P. Huber Hanes Sr. House. In 1928 Wallace settled permanently in Winston-Salem, where he established a practice with Harold Macklin and James M. Conrad. Like Keen, Wallace and his son William Roy Wallace, Jr., who joined the practice after World War II, continued in a Beaux Arts revivalist tradition that shaped the architectural heritage of Winston-Salem and other communities.
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