Visual Materials

Portions of building, Hollyhock House

Description: Contains two unidentified portions of building, one approximately 8" x 10" x 8" and one approximately 4" x 5" x 4".
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,; Williams, Paul R.,; Wright, Frank Lloyd,

Fragments and pieces, Hollyhock House

Visual Materials

Includes portions of Hollyhock House exterior, entry loggia, living room, and other locations.

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Fragments and pieces, Hollyhock House and Residence A

Visual Materials

Includes materials from various rooms in Hollyhock House and from Residence A. Also includes list of interior paint samples for Rooms 3, 5 9, and 10 and for Pergola and "Sugartop Porch."

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Painted plaster tiles, Hollyhock House

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Contains three gold-painted plaster tiles, each 25 x 25 cm.

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Fragments and pieces, Hollyhock House and Hollyhock House Garage

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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Fragments and pieces, Hollyhock House and Residence A

Visual Materials

Contains fragments from Rooms 1, 4-12, 16, 18-19, Servants' dining room, and Music Room; also contains fragments from Residence A.

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Hollyhock House Garage

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Portions of building, Hollyhock House

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