Visual Materials

Abbey - Armory

Description: Projects include: The Abbey (San Encino Abbey); Allen House (First African Methodist Church); Angel's Flight, Job 9543; Anokia: Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation; Arbol Verde Specific Plan; and Armory Center for Visual Arts (Armory Center for the Arts).
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,)

2801 Arlington - Armory

Visual Materials

Includes materials from 2801 Arlington; 2111 Bonsallo; 1746 Hobart; 132 E. Colorado; Elizabeth Millbank Anderson House/Long Beach Museum of Art; Angel's Flight; and Armory Center for Visual Arts.

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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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San Gabriel - Schein

Visual Materials

Projects include multiple projects for the City of San Gabriel; Santa Clarita Historical Society; Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan, Job 9118; Santa Monica Carousel, Job 9435; and Schein Residence.

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La Quinta - La Verne

Visual Materials

Projects include: La Quinta Hotel, Job 9905; La Reina Theater; Larsen Residence; and multiple projects for the City of La Verne, California, including the Lordsburg Specific Plan, Job 9107. See also Boxes 26 and 27 for more projects for the City of La Verne.

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McNally - Mentryville

Visual Materials

Projects include: McNally Ranch Master plan; Medical Square; Mellinkoff, Dan: 59 E. Colorado Blvd. and Bear Building; and projects at Mentryville Historic Site.

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2000-2005

Visual Materials

Contains materials relating to Jobs 96125, 96125A, 96125E, and 99002, including F.E.M.A. work program, F.E.M.A. repair and mitigation, Phase I Master Plan, and Hollyhock House Phase II restoration. See also Box 6.

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