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Architecture -- Details

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Bickerstaff and Joel Hurt Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS134
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains photographs of banks, businesses, theaters, clubs, hotels, and grocery stores in downtown Atlanta, including two structures, the Atlanta Theater and the Equitable Building that were built by engineer and developer Joel Hurt. The collection also contains photographs of the Candler Building, the Century Building, the Empire Building, the English-American Building, and the Piedmont Hotel. Among the images are photographs taken by Tracy Mathewson, Edwards and Sons, and...
Dates: circa 1893 - 1923
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Charles Bickerstaff and Joel Hurt Photographs

Florence Inman photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS389
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs of Focal Point Inc.'s awards and recognitions, the staff and workshop, and the moldings they designed and manufactured. Examples of moldings and decorative medallions are shown after they were manufactured in the Focal Point workshop, or installed in residences and historic properties. Of special note are images of Focal Point co-founders, Florence Inman and Jerry Garrison, as well as custom-made designs for Atlanta's Fox Theatre, historic properties at...
Dates: 1970-1990, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Florence Inman photographs

J. Newton Bell, Jr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1133
Scope and Content

This collection contains articles, certificates, and handwritten notes from the professional career of J. Newton Bell. Also included in the collection are landscape architecture contract templates and plant resources such as catalogs and tree lists. Of special interest is a proclamation by the mayor of the City of Griffin, designating February 17, 2005 as J. Newton Bell, Jr. Day.

Dates: 1950-2005, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / J. Newton Bell, Jr. papers

Leila Ross Wilburn visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS72
Scope and Contents This collection documents the prolific work of one of Atlanta’s pioneer women architects and businesswomen. It is comprised primarily of architectural plans, photographs, negatives, and slides of private residences, multi-family homes, and apartment buildings Wilburn designed during her career. Her portfolio of architectural plans in Series I includes designs of homes in Atlanta and its surrounding suburbs; in several cities and towns in Georgia, including Forsyth, McDonough, and Thomaston;...
Dates: 1920-1979
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Leila Ross Wilburn visual arts materials

Peter J. Rosendorf photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS334
Scope and Content

This collection contains images taken within Piedmont Park, and photographs displaying statues and architecture around Atlanta.

Dates: 1969-1970
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Peter J. Rosendorf photographs

Philip Trammell Shutze papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS439
Scope and Content

This collection is a series of scrapbooks that contain magazine clippings, photographs, and postcards. Several of the scrapbooks contain study examples for Shutze's work as an architect. Other scrapbooks contain photographs of projects designed by Shutze.

Dates: 1894-1936, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Philip Trammell Shutze papers

Samuel Inman Cooper Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS361
Scope and Content The collection is primarily comprised of three sets of scrapbooks, exhibiting architectural and design elements, and a corresponding index composed by Samuel Inman Cooper. One set is titled “English Domestic Architecture”, which are portfolios of architectural illustrations published by Academy Architecture. The second is a set of six binders that contain clippings of architectural design features, diagrams, furnishing examples. The final set, titled “American Domestic Architecture”, is two...
Dates: 1936-1972
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Samuel Inman Cooper Papers

Walter T. Downing visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS200
Scope and Content This collection contains images created or collected by Walter T. Downing. These images include lithographs, collotypes, photographs, and photographic reproductions of architectural details and sculptures from books and serials. The books include Lacy's Dramatic Costumes and Die Tapezierkunst which contains reproduced sketches of tapestries and window decorations. Also included are images of architectural details...
Dates: 1865-1899, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Walter T. Downing visual arts materials

William R. Mitchell Jr. photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS222
Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs documented and collected by William R. Mitchell, Jr that appeared in his books, lectures, and architectural studies. The photographs were taken in various Georgia cities including Atlanta, Savannah, Thomasville, Roswell, and Albany. The images are of residential homes and apartments, furnished interiors, historic buildings, parks, streetscapes, churches, and Edward Vason Jones's 19th Century America exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dates: 1889-1986, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William R. Mitchell Jr. photograph collection

William T. Baker architectural drawings

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS363
Scope and Content This collection contains architectural drawings from residential designer William T. Baker. Items within the collection feature designs for residential properties; architectural details; artist renderings; marketing schematics; and model home plans. Projects are predominantly within Atlanta and its surrounding areas, a small number in Nashville, Tennessee; Florence and Greenville, South Carolina; Highlands, North Carolina, and the United States Virgin Islands. Within the collection are...
Dates: 1986-2004, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William T. Baker architectural drawings