Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hobart, Lewis P., 1873-1954
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet: 1 flat file drawer
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Lewis P. Hobart Collection, (1986-4), Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Lewis P. Hobart collection consist of drawings from the Shredded Wheat Company building (Oakland 1915), the White Investment Company building (San Francisco 1907), the Kiersted residence (Hillsborough n.d.), the Grant residence (Burlingame, CA, 1913), and the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company (San Francisco 1913-1914). Hobart's photographs of Grace Cathedral can be found in the Weihe, Frick & Kruse collection.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lewis P. Hobart (1873-1954)
Lewis P. Hobart was born in St. Louis in 1873. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees, and also studied at the American Academy in Rome and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. After completing his studies, Hobart worked in New York for two years before moving to San Francisco in 1906.
Hobart was very involved in the rebuilding of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906, and designed structures in a variety of styles that reflected his Beaux Arts training. He was the original architect for Grace Cathedral (completed by Weihe, Frick & Kruse), designed the Academy of Sciences, the University of California hospital, and several office buildings in downtown San Francisco and Oakland. He also designed numerous mansions in Hillsborough and Burlingame.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Lewis P. Hobart Collection, (1986-4), Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-5124