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Title: Door frame from the Edward Heller house (Atherton, Calif.) designed by George Washington Smith
Identifier/Call Number: 0000313
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Items
Date (inclusive): circa 1926
creator:
Smith, George Washington, 1876-1930, American Architect
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Open to view by qualified researchers.
Custodial History note
Door frame was saved by students of Professor Paul Turner in the late 1980s and installed in his office at Stanford University.
Donated to the ADC by Professor Turner and his students, Richard Joncas and Alan R. Michelson.
Preferred Citation note
Door frame from the Edward Heller house (Atherton, Calif.) designed by George Washington Smith, Architecture and Design Collection.
Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
The Edward Heller house was designed by George Washington Smith and built circa 1926 in Atherton, California. Edward Heller
was a wealthy investment banker in the San Francisco bay area. The Heller house was demolished in 1991, and the door frame
became the property of Professor Paul Turner, Stanford University.
Scope and Content note
The door frame from the Heller house is of Spanish-colonial revival style and stood in the house between the library and the
dining room.
Related Archival Materials note
George Washington Smith papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Smith, George Washington, 1876-1930, American Architect
Doorframes