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Pacific Asia Museum - Saint John's Church

Description: Projects include Pacific Asia Museum; Pasadena Playhouse; Phillips Mansion; Porterville, City of; Rancho Camulos; Rheinstein Residence; Robinson Gardens (Virginia Robinson); Rothschild Residence; Rowland House; and Saint John's Episcopal Church.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1964-2009.
Call number: archWeil
Creator: Weil, Martin Eli(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Martin E. Weil, February 2010.; Gift of Peter and June Weil, June 2014.
Associated people: Kelley, H. Roy (1892- ,); Kelly, Arthur Rolland, (1878-1959,); Kwan, Raymond, (1894-1980,); Weil, Martin Eli, (1867-1959,); Weil, Martin Eli,

Marx (Reynolds) - unidentified

Visual Materials

Projects include Marx (Reynolds) Residence; Masonic Temple; Miller Residence; City of Monrovia; Pacific Asia Museum; Pasadena Playhouse; Phillips Mansion; Porterville; Rancho Camulus; Rheinstein Residence; Robinson Gardens; Rothschild Residence; Saint John's Episcopal Church; Saint Vincent Jewelry Center; City of San Gabriel; Santa Fe Railroad Station (City of Orange); Santa Monica City Hall; Simkins Residence; Sohnen Residence; Stipanov Residence; Strawberry Banke and Maine; Stuyvesant Fish House; Tomin/Horn Residence; West Adams commercial buildings; Lucy Wheeler House; Wiltern/Pellesier Building; and unidentified negatives.

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Saint John's - Saint Vincent

Visual Materials

Projects include: Saint John's Episcopal Church; Saint Thomas' Rectory; Saint Vibiana's Cathedral; and projects at Saint Vincent Square/Saint Vincent Jewelry Center.

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Rheinstein - Saint John

Visual Materials

Projects include: Rheinstein Residence, Job 9313; Richter Residence; Rieck/Borchert Residence; Ringwood Manor; Robinson's Department Store; Rolling M Ranch Historic District; Ronus Residence; Rothschild Residence; Rounds Residence, Jobs 9674 and 9675; Rubin/Sosin Residence; Saint Francis Xavier Church; and Saint John, New Brunswick

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Photographs

Visual Materials

Contains photographic prints and photograph albums that were filed separately from those in the Files subseries; also includes photographic negatives. In a few instances, the photographs in this subseries are the only documentation found in this collection for a project; this is the case with photographs from Alta Loma Packing; Citrus State Park; Cooper Regional Museum Upland; Los Angeles City Hall; Pasadena Playhouse Theater Area; Phillips Mansion; Rancho Camulos; Virginia Robinson Gardens; Rose City Dental; W. R. Rowland Adobe; Santa Monica City Hall, Council Chamber; and Strawberry Banke and Maine. The collection contains both photographs and fragments and samples from Workman Temple and West Adams residences/commercial buildings.

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Pacific Asia Museum

Visual Materials

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of architect Martin Eli Weil (1940-2009), relating to Weil's work as a restoration architect and consultant in Los Angeles and Southern California. The collection contains correspondence; project and business records; reports; contracts; notes and research files; appointment books; drawings, including approximately 2920 rolled drawings; approximately 5000 photographs, chiefly snapshots depicting work in progress; material samples, including approximately 2000 fragments of wood or other surfaces containing paint samples; and 46 media files documenting the career of Martin Eli Weil; the materials date from 1964 until 2009. Files document 428 individual projects, including Frank Lloyd Wright structures such as Barnsdall Park and Hollyhock House; the restoration of the El Capitan Theater; and jobs undertaken as a consultant for the cities of San Gabriel, La Verne, Porterville, and Monrovia, California. The collection also includes papers reflecting Weil's service as Restoration Services Director for the Restoration Services Division of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in Canada from 1971-1978; his work as an instructor in historic preservation at the University of Southern California from 1981-2009; his writing, chiefly as an architecture columnist for the Larchmont Chronicle; his involvement with the Harvard Heights community in Los Angeles, where he lived; and his Master's thesis project.

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Projects include Golay Residence; Gold Residence; Goldsmith Residence; Goldstein/Gabor Residence; Goodwin Residence; Grand Central Public Market Building; Green Residence; Greene Residence (Henry Weaver House); Greystone Mansion; and Griffith Observatory.

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