02. Architecture Archives

Classification

Identifier: 02

As a partnership between the Smathers Libraries and the School of Architecture since 2004, the Architecture Archives has become a leading repository for historical records pertaining to the architects and architecture of Florida. The collections support scholarly research, historic preservation, and the education of future students. A handful of important collections, including the archives of Alfred Browning Parker, Kenneth Treister, Darrell Fleeger, and the Carrère and Hastings firm, currently are being preserved, arranged and described by staff. As such, final descriptions for these collections are not available online at this time.

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Flagler College's Hotel Ponce de Leon Architecture Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 311

Abstract

Architectural drawings, blueprints and related material for the Hotel Ponce de Leon (now Ponce de Leon Hall at Flagler College) in St. Augustine, Florida. The hotel was designed by the Carrère & Hastings firm. The collection also includes items related to other buildings constructed and operated by Henry M. Flagler and the East Coast Hotel Company.

Dates: 1886-1963; Majority of material found within 1886-1924

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Memorial Presbyterian Church Architecture Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 312

Abstract

Architectural drawings and blueprints for the Memorial Presbyterian Church in St. Augustine, Florida. The hotel was designed by the Carrère & Hastings firm for Henry M. Flagler.

Dates: 1888-1904

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Turpin Chambers Bannister Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms Coll. 004

Abstract

Correspondence, course materials, administrative records, professional association records, research notes, and other papers related to Dr. Turpin Bannister's career as an architect, educator, and academic administrator.

Dates: 1938-1982

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Rudolph Weaver Architectural Records

Collection

Identifier: Ms Coll. 040

Abstract

Technical drawings, plans, photographs, and sketches of academic buildings, private residences and commercial structures.

Dates: circa 1920-1940

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

F. Blair Reeves Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms Coll. 057

Abstract

Reports, correspondence, class materials, project files, photos and information about historic preservation in Florida, material on the Preservation Institute's summer program at Nantucket, files on the University of Florida's Bicentennial Committee.

Dates: 1957-2012

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Guy Chandler Fulton Building Plans

Collection

Identifier: Ms Coll. 078

Abstract

Plans for private residences and commercial buildings in Gainesville and elsewhere in north Florida.

Dates: circa 1930-1948

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Robert L. Neal Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0380

Abstract

The collection includes Robert L. Neal's landscape designs from the 1950s to the 1970s for Lake Worth, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, and South Florida.

Dates: 1958 - 1979

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Herschel E. Shepard Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0417

Abstract Collection documenting Herschel E. Shepard's expertise in Florida's historic architecture and his many contributions to preservation and restoration in the state. Shepard's work covers the entire range of Florida's architectural past, including restoration of landmark buildings such as the 1902 Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee and reconstruction of such historically significant sites as the Second Seminole War era Fort Foster and the Spanish mission site of San Luis de Apalachee....

Dates: 1961-2009

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Albert J. Socol Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0435

Abstract

Architectural drawings, photographs, floor plans, and other papers of architect Albert S. Socol, who worked for over 35 years on the design, development, management, and construction of major architectural projects in the State of Florida including the School of Architecture at the University of Florida, the James L. Knight Center, the Hyatt Hotel, Royal Bank of Canada, and the Courthouse Center in Miami, FL.

Dates: 1976-1999

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Edward J. Seibert Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0433

Abstract

Architectural drawings, photographs, project records, and other papers of architect and influential member of the Sarasota School of Architecture, Edward J. Seibert. Some of his more notable works include projects such as the 1960 Siesta Key beach pavilion, the Bay Plaza condominium in downtown Sarasota, and Inn on the Beach at the Longboat Key Club.

Dates: 1956-2010; Majority of material found within 1956-1985

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida