Louis A. Mazzetti drawings of store building on State Street (Santa Barbara, Calif.), 1970

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Summary

Creators:
Mazzetti, Louis A.
Extent:
3.0 Linear feet
Language:
Preferred citation:

Louis A. Mazzetti drawings, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains drawings of alterations and additions to a store building at 3328 State Street in Santa Barbara. One set of plans from 1958-1959 show alterations and additions to the building to house Fritz's Farm & Garden Store; it contains 7 drawings of floor plan, elevations, details, and specifications for alterations and additions to the building. Additional blueprints from 1948 for alterations to Roesers Feed Store are by William Hansen; these 8 drawings include floor plans, elevations, details, and sections for alterations and an addition of a storage shed. A second set of plans from 1970 show alterations and additions for a medical office; the 6 drawings include floor plans, plot plan, sections, elevations, and exterior rendering of the front of the building.

Biographical / historical:

Louis A. Mazzetti was born in Los Angeles in 1915. He studied at the Art Center College of Design in the 1930s and worked for Lockheed Aircraft during WWII. Mazzetti worked briefly for Kem Weber before starting his own firm. He designed residences in the Santa Barbara and Montecito area, and a cottage for the El Encanto Hotel in 1959. He retired in the 1980s and died in 2001. Mazzetti was also known as an artist and watercolorist.

Custodial history:

Materials were Found in Collection in 2018, in a box marked miscellaneous drawings.

Physical location:
ADC miscellaneous file drawer 546
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Preferred citation:

Louis A. Mazzetti drawings, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
Contact:
(805) 893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
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