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Barnsdall Park - Peace Theological Seminary

Description: Contains 34 compact discs regarding Barnsdall Park (Items 1-6); Bullock's Pasadena/Macy's (Items 7-31); Gamble House (Item 32); Morton Morton House (Item 33); and MacGowan House/Peace Theological Seminary (Item 34).
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.,

Los Angeles Public Library, Wilmington Branch - Mariposa

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Includes materials from Wilmington Branch Library; MacGowan Residence and Peace Theological Seminary; and Mariposa.

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Anoakia - Marotta

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Projects include Anoakia; Barnsdall Park and Hollyhock House; Bullock's Pasadena and I. Magnin; Charmont Apartments; Citrus State Park; Cooper Regional Museum; El Capitan; Farrell Residence; Gamble House; Glendale Public Services Building; Glendale Railroad Station; Green Residence; Hamilton Residence; Harvard Heights (West Adams, Cambridge and Oxford); Joelson Residence; Keely Residence; La Reina Theatre; City of La Verne; Los Angeles City Hall; MacGowan Residence; Mariposa; and Marotta Residence.

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Pasadena - Poole

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Projects include: City of Pasadena, Pasadena City Hall; Patuxent Manor; Peace Theological Seminary; Peacock Residence; Pellissier Building/Wiltern Theater; Pico House; Pico-Garnier Project; Pierson Residence; Point Fermin Lighthouse; and Poole Residence (The Blacker House)

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Barnsdall Park: Hollyhock House, Schindler Terrace, Barnsdall Park Seismic

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Projects include: Hollyhock House, Jobs 9896 and 9782; Hollyhock House Living Room; Hollyhock House Niche Roof; Barnsdall Park Seismic, Job 9897; Schindler Terrace, Job 9898; and Barnsdall Park Seismic Repair, Jobs 96125 and 992002 (see also materials in Boxes 7 and 8).

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Barnsdall Park/Hollyhock House

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Boxes contain pieces and fragments from various sites, chiefly in Hollyhock House, most of which are labeled.

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Barnsdall Park Seismic

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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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Barnsdall Park - Peace Theological Seminary

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