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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Projects include: Hollyhock House Garage; Theodore Barnsdall Memorial, Job 9105, Historic Structures Report; Hollyhock House, Job 9549; and Hollyhock House Paint Study (1996).
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Includes various files related to the Hollyhock House Historic Structures Report and to Hollyhock House in general.
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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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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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Comprises chiefly newspaper articles Weil wrote as a regular columnist for the Larchmont Chronicle (Folders 4-51). Also contains lists of newspaper and magazine articles he published and notes regarding possible topics for columns (Folders 1-3); articles for other publications including the Los Angeles Independent (Folders 52-53) and the West Adams Heritage Association Newsletter (Folders 54-56B); proceedings from the symposium, "America's Heritage: Historic Structures and their Internal Environments" (Pomona, California, 1990), with Weil's contribution, "Investigation and Documentation of the Historic Interior" (Folder 57); a typescript for an article about Sumner Hunt (Folder 66) and notes and research files on various topics (Folders 61-72). Notably, Folder 65 contains a typescript, correspondence, and notes concerning Weil's thoughts on Hollywood, including a typescript, "Consideration of Hollywood, California, as a Historic Area" (1977). Additionally, reprographic copies of architectural drawings by Paul Williams located in Box 114, Rolls 159-160 may be related to the report by Williams included in Box 125, Folder 72, regarding specifications for the residence and garage of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hallett.
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Six reports published by agencies in Ottawa, Canada, including the Restoration Services Division, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs; Heritage Ottawa; and the Architectural Inventory Group. Two of the Restoration Services Division reports, "Fish Cache, Fort St. James National Historic Park, Architectural Feasibility Study" (1973) (Folder 1) and "1708 Powder Magazine. Fort Anne National Historic Park, Annapolis Royal, N.S., Restoration Feasibility Study" (1974) (Folder 3), list Weil as co-author. Also includes an offprint of an article, "A Canadian Perspective on Legislation and the Role of the Private sector in Archaeology," originally published in Historical Archaeology, Volume 12, 1978.
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