Guide to the Will A. Benshoff Collection
Processed by Teresa Fitzgerald; machine-readable finding aid created by
Genie Guerard
Pasadena Museum of History
© 2000
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Guide to the Will A. Benshoff Collection
Pasadena Museum of HistoryResearch Library and Archives
Pasadena, California
- Pasadena Museum of History
- Research Library and Archives
- 470 West Walnut Street
- Pasadena, California 91103-3594
- Phone: (626) 577-1660, Ext. 13
- Fax: (626) 577-1662
- Email: research@pasadenahistory.org
- URL: http://www.pasadenahistory.org
- Processed by:
- Teresa Fitzgerald
- Encoded by:
- Genie Guerard
© 2000 Pasadena Museum of History. All rights reserved.
Title: Will A. Benshoff Collection
Origination:
Benshoff, Hazel
Extent: 6 Boxes
Repository:
Pasadena Museum of History
Pasadena, California 91103-3594
Language:
English.
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Suggested citation of these records: [Identification of item], Will A. Benshoff Collection, Research Library and Archives,
Pasadena Museum of History.
Will Alton Benshoff (1869-1959) was a Pasadena architect. He moved to
California from Ohio in 1891. Benshoff's architectural projects include the Lincoln
Avenue Methodist Church (relocated to Heritage Square), the original
buildings of Turner and Stevens Mortuary, Polytechnical Elementary (forerunner of Caltech), the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, the Magnolia Hotel, and hundreds of Victorian-style private homes in Pasadena and neighboring cities.
Benshoff's wife Claudine was the daughter of Frank Stevens, founder of Stevens Hardware, and sister of Arthur Bush Stevens,
co-founder of Turner and Stevens Mortuary.
The Benshoff Collection includes approximately 1,000 architectural drawings
and blueprints of homes, churches, and businesses; contracts and project
specifications; approximately 200 negatives and 125 photographs of
architectural subjects (including some of Benshoff's projects), family, and views
in and around Pasadena; papers related to the Stevens family, Stevens Hardware, and Turner and Stevens Mortuary; and personal
papers.
An oral history of Hazel Benshoff, the
architect's daughter, is also available in the library.
Box 1
Architectural drawings
Box 2
Architectural drawings
Box 3
Building specifications
Box 4
Papers related to architectural projects
Box 5
Personal papers and photographs
Box 6
Negatives