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Halifax - Bob Hope Veterans Chapel

Description: Projects include: Hall of Justice; Hamilton Residences; Hamm Residence; Hanna House; Harris Residence; William S. Hart Museum, Jobs 9110 and 9440; William S. Hart Park; Jascha Heifitz Studio; Hodgman House; Hollywood Downtowner Inn; and Bob Hope Veterans Chapel.
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,)

Bob Hope Veterans Chapel - Keeper House

Visual Materials

Includes materials from Bob Hope Veterans Chapel; Italian Hall; Jensen Ranch; Keeper House; and La Reina Theater.

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Bob Hope Veterans Chapel

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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Arbol Verde - White-Thomson

Visual Materials

Projects include Arbol Verde; Barnsdall Park and Hollyhock House; Bullock's Pasadena; The Citadel; Collins Residence; El Encanto; Farrell Residence; Feiner Residence; Glendale Public Service Building; Green Residence; Hanna House; William S. Hart Park and Museum; Heifitz Studio; City of La Verne; MacGowan Residence; Mariposa; Marotta Residence; Mentryville; Neal-Wagner Residence; Pacific Coast Club; Reynolds (Marx) Residence; Saint Vincent Square; City of San Gabriel; Sepulveda House; Simkins Residence; Wagner Residence; Lucy Wheeler House; and White-Thomson Residence.

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Green - Joelson

Visual Materials

Projects include Green Residence; Hamilton Residence; Hanna House; Harvard Heights; and Joelson Residence.

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Glendale Railroad Station - Hart Ranch

Visual Materials

Includes materials from Glendale Railroad Station; Greene Residence; Griffith Observatory; and William S. Hart Ranch.

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Miller - Oviatt

Visual Materials

Projects include Miller Residence, Job 9561; Million Dollar Theater; Mira Monte Hotel; Mission Inn; Modjeska Well House; multiple projects for the City of Monrovia, California; Moore Residence, Job 9112; Morrell House; Morris Residence; Morton Morton House; MSIA/Prana: MSIA - Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness; Mount St. Mary's College; Natural History Museum - Los Angeles County; Neal-Wagner Residence; Neith/Catbagan Residence; 3 Bridge St. (Nelson Residence); Ocean Heirlooms; Old Dutch Parsonage; Old Riverside Foundation; Omaha architecture survey; Ontario Band Stand; projects for City of Orange, California; Ordin Residence; and Oviatt Building.

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