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Western Furniture Exchange and Merchandise Mart Market & 10th St. San Francisco CA, 1936 - 1937

 Sub-Series — Tube: R 4.4, Tube: 37

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection primarily consists of project records containing specifications and plans, and photographs of completed projects. These records document the work done by Meyer in a number of partnerships, and contain a wide range of building types throughout the state. Projects include office buildings such as San Francisco's Humboldt Bank and Monadnock Buildings; club buildings such as the Elks Lodge in Bakersfield, and California Hall and the YMCA in San Francisco; Lagunda Honda and San Francisco General, and Sutter Hospital in Sacramento; numerous Pacific Gas & Electric substations, breweries, banks, hotels, schools, industrial structures, commercial buildings, firehouses, and a few residences. There are drawings for most projects and specifications for some. The Environmental Design Library houses his library of 165 books and 90 magazines. The bulk of the collection was donated in 1976.

Dates

  • Creation: 1936 - 1937

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research

Extent

From the Collection: 30 Linear Feet: (11 boxes, 8 flat file drawers)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

drawings do not list Frederick Meyer as architect; title block states: Prepared by Capital Co.

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