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Finding Aid for the Francis W. Wilson drawings, 1916-1926
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Title: Francis W. Wilson drawings
Identifier/Call Number: 0000303
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.0 Linear feet
(2 flat file folders)
Date (inclusive): 1916-1926
creator:
Wilson, Francis W. , 1870-1947
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Francis W. Wilson drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Francis W. Wilson was born in 1870 in Massachusetts. At the age of 17, Wilson moved to the west coast where he settled in
Placerville, California. In the early 1890s, he moved to San Francisco where he worked as a draftsman for the firm of Pissis
and Moore. Wilson attended the American Institute of Architects located in the San Francisco Bay and went on to establish
his own firm in Santa Barbara in 1895. Throughout the course of his career, Wilson was commissioned to design many homes for
wealthy individuals in Santa Barbara, design buildings for the Santa Fe Railway, as well as many civic buildings in Santa
Barbara such as the Santa Barbara Club and the Santa Barbara Post Office. Francis Wilson died in 1947.
The Francis W. Wilson drawings span 6 linear feet and date from 1916 to 1923. The collection is composed of two flat file
folders, each containing drawings relating to two different projects. Projects that are documented are the Southern Pacific
Company Railroad Passenger Station alteration (Santa Barbara, Calif.), as well as the Santa Barbara Free Public Library (Santa
Barbara, Calif.).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Wilson, Francis W. , 1870-1947
Architectural drawings
Reprographic copies