Herbert Schmidt collection 2022.-06
Waverly Lowell
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
2023
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley, CA 94720-1820
designarchives@berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: Herbert Schmidt collection
Creator:
Schmidt, Herbert, 1889-1933
Identifier/Call Number: 2022.-06
Physical Description:
6 Linear Feet:
25 flat files
Date (inclusive): 1912-1925
Language of Material:
English
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Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Herbert Schmidt Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Biographical / Historical
Herbert Schmidt (1889-1933) was born in San Francisco. His father Adolf Schmidt was treasurer of the S.F. German Bank and
president of the California Bank Officer's Association. He graduated from the Architecture Department at U.C. Berkeley and
received his California state license to practice architecture in 1911.
According to his brother Henry, he was "handsome, talented, and very likeable." He passed away at the Bohemian Club while
serving as its president.
Sources:
various
Scope and Contents
The Schmidt Collections is comprised entirely of project records. The project records include a few sketches, studies, and
designs but are primarily working drawings.
Major Projects include numerous banks and apartment buildings. There are also plans for residences, fountains, memorials,
and a few businesses. The collection also includes his entry drawings for the San Francisco City Hall Competition (1912) and
a housing unit for the Palmito del Verde Plantation in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Related Materials
Emerson Knight Collection, Environmental Design Archives, UC Berkeley
Project Records
1912-1925
Bohemian Grove Monte Rio CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 1
Buck Family Mausoleum Colma (Cypress Lawn) CA
1924
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 2
CA State Agricultural Bldg Sacramento CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 3
Community Apts Pasadena CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 4
Community Apts San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 4
Denicke, E.M. San Francicso CA
1922
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 5
Design: Residences Apartment Buildings
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 6
Design: Apartment building (Hyde & Lombard Sts) San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 7
Design: Apartment building (Pacific & Buchanan Sts)
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 8
Design: Terminal Bldg San Francicso CA
1925
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 29
Ford, Bernard.W. Burlingame CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 9
Foresters of America : Fountain (Golden Gate Park) San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 10
Hengen, G.B. Oakland CA
1924
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 12
Koster, L.C. Sausalito CA
1922-1923
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 13
Laurel Hill Cemetary Assoc: Pioneer Memorial Building San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 14
Noyes, F. San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 9
Palmito del Verde Plantation Sinaloa Mexico
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 15
Pioneer Memorial Building (see Laurel Hill Cemetery Assoc)
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 14
Richard, R.: plan for a hotel Santa Cruz CA
1921
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 16
Rideout Fountain (Golden Gate Park) San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 17
Ruggles, Dr. Howard San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 9
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 12
Ryone & Co. San Francicso CA
1925
flat-file-drawer R 18.8, Flat-File 12
San Francisco City Hall Competition San Francicso CA
1912
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 18
S.F. Savings & Loan Soc: Haight St Branch San Francicso CA
1920-1922, 1925
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 19
S.F. Savings & Loan Soc: Mission Branch San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 20
S.F. Savings & Loan Soc: Park- Presidio Branch San Francicso CA
1922
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 21
S.F. Savings & Loan Soc: West Portal Branch San Francisco CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 21B
Schmidt, H.A. San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 22
Stone Co. - EB & AL Bay Farm Island, Alameda CA
1922
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 23
Tourny, George San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 25
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 26
Valente, Vitale: flats San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 27
Washington Park Fountain San Francicso CA
flat-file-drawer R 18.9, Flat-File 28
