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Clyde residential buildings and research drawings, 1918

 File — flat-file-drawer: W 15.19, Flat-File: 2
Identifier: E.

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The George A. Applegarth Collection focuses on the construction of Clyde, California, a residential and commercial development for the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company. The collection is important for documenting both the planning and growth of company towns and the construction of low cost housing. The collection contains no personal papers, and very few papers on other projects in San Francisco.

Series I. Town of Clyde is the largest series in the collection. It includes the files of the project, specifications, photographs, and drawings. The files include correspondence between Applegarth, Maybeck, and the Clyde Company, which was the subsidiary of the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company responsible for the construction of the town. The series documents the planning of the town and the construction of the hotel and residences. The drawings include blueprints for commercial buildings that were unbuilt.

Series II. Additional Donations contains photographs of the Clyde Hotel taken after the building was no longer in use; drawings of an Applegarth commercial project located at Two Pine Street, San Francisco; one blueprint of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor; drawings of the Bemiss building in San Francisco; and a commercial project for Davis, Winfield Scott in San Francisco.

Dates

  • Creation: 1918

Creator

Access Statement

Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use.

Extent

From the Collection: 4.5 Linear Feet: (2 boxes, 4 card file boxes, 6 oversize folders, 1 tube)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives Repository

Contact:
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley CA 94720-1820 USA