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ARCH. Architectural Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: ARCH
These collections comprise the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach's material on architecture within the Town of Palm Beach, including collections from prominent Palm Beach-based architects.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Addison Mizner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AM.00
Scope and Contents The collected papers on Addison Mizner includes letters, manuscripts, rare books, and scrapbooks. A significant part of this collection are telegrams and letters towards the end of Mizner’s life in 1933. Many telegrams are from his brother Wilson, who lived in Los Angeles at the time, and other friends who were concerned about the state of Mizner’s failing health. There are also notes from clients Gurnee Munn, Amy Phipps, and Eva Stotesbury. Mizner wrote many detailed letters to...
Dates: 1849 - 1942

Belford Shoumate Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BS.00
Scope and Contents

Architectural drawings by Belford Shoumate encompass his work primarily in Palm Beach and South Florida. Many projects are conceptual or renovations and additions to existing structures. Artwork by Shoumate includes pastel renderings of numerous projects, many of which are not identified. Photographic materials include documentation of Shoumate’s work, of note are the Wagner house in West Palm Beach and the MacNichol Manor apartments in Delray Beach.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1937-1985

Eugene Lawrence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EL.00
Scope and Contents

The Eugene Lawrence Collection contains architectural photographs, renderings, and newspaper clippings of and relating to properties designed and built by Eugene Lawrence and the Lawrence group between 1965-2013. Properties are both residential and commercial, and center in Palm Beach, Florida, although Lawrence did design buildings in other locations within the Palm Beach County, Florida region.

Dates: 1960 - 2010

Henry Harding Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: HH.00
Scope and Contents

Architectural drawings by Henry Harding encompass his work primarily in Palm Beach, the Maisonettes in Ocean Ridge, and the Village of Golf in Boynton Beach. Artwork by Harding consists of renderings filed in a scrapbook that were noted as, “pre-1955 Jobs Journal folio of pictures and plans for presentations”. Photographic material includes documentation of Harding projects throughout Palm Beach and Port Royal, Naples.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1939-1984

John L. Volk Collection

 Collection
Identifier: JLV.00
Scope and Contents

Architectural drawings by John Volk encompass his work in Palm Beach, South Florida, the Bahamas, and throughout the United States. Artwork by Volk or draftsmen include renderings of many of these projects. Photographic materials extensively document Volk’s career and include personal photographs of Volk as a young man, with his wife Jane Volk, and social events in Palm Beach. Printed material includes periodicals that feature the work of Volk.

Dates: 1860 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1983

Marion Sims Wyeth Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSW.00
Scope and Contents Architectural drawings by Marion Sims Wyeth encompass his work primarily in Palm Beach, South Florida, and projects throughout the United States and the Bahamas. The drawings are by Wyeth & King, and later Wyeth, King, and Johnson. Artwork by Wyeth includes watercolors painted in Italy circa 1912-1915. A sub-series of this collection includes renderings created by William Johnson, partner at the firm, of note are studies of the statues of Diana and Actaeon at the Norton Museum of Art....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1919 - 1970

South Florida Architecture Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FLARC-00
Scope and Contents The South Florida Architecture Collection contains architectural drawings, blueprints, renderings, and copies of architectural materials for residential and commercial buildings spanning 1917-2009. The properties are mainly based in Palm Beach, Florida, however some drawings depict structures in other areas of the South Florida region, including North Palm Beach and Tampa. A small portion of drawings are for buildings in New York, however there is significant overlap between work done by...
Dates: 1917 - 2009

Town of Palm Beach Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: TOPB-00
Scope and Contents The Town of Palm Beach Architectural Collection contains plat maps/aerials, original architectural drawings, blueprints, and copies of drawings marked as "office copy" or "inspection copy." Materials were used in entitites contained within the Town of Palm Beach, including the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) and Architectural Commission (ARCOM). Buildings represented within collection include private residences, commercial structures, clubs, hotels, and apartment/condominium...
Dates: 1917 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1985