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Title: Ray Takata architecture records
Dates: 1962-2006
Bulk Dates: 1986-1991
Collection number: MS0087
Creator:
Takata, Ray (1931-2006)
Creator:
Takata Sugioka Architects
Collection Size:
7 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes, rolled plans)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract: The collection documents Sacramento projects that Ray Takata and Takata Sugioka Architects worked on during the mid-1980s
through the mid-1990s. Documents include project files, invoices, consultation records, timesheets, correspondence, drawings,
notes, and plans. Some of the projects include 1717 I Street, Riverview Plaza, Crystal Ice, Sacramento Zoological Society
Interpretive Center, Stanford Mansion, Natomas Middle School, City of Sacramento Special Services Office, Tenrikyo Church,
and Sacramento County Executive Airport.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research use.
All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron.
No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Ray Takata architecture records, MS0087, Center for
Sacramento History.
Acquired from Adell M. Takata, wife of Ray Takata, in 2007 (accession number 2007/015).
Processing and finding aid by Katie Vallaire, 2009. Finding aid edited by Kim Hayden, 2020.
Biography / Administrative History
Architect Ray Takata was born October 19, 1934, in Sacramento. During World War II, he and his family were incarcerated as
part of Executive Order 9066 at Tule Lake Relocation Center, then Amache Relocation Center in Colorado. After the war, Takata
and his family returned home and he finished high school
Takata earned his architectural engineering degree in 1957 from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, and in
1963, he got his license as a professional architect and became a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). He
became a fellow of the AIA in 1991. Takata was a partner in the architectural firm Takata Sugioka Kimura Architecture and
Planning, and he had a particular interest in historic preservation.
Many of Takata’s projects were located in Sacramento, including the Sacramento Zoo, the Buddhist Church, the alumni center
at California State University, Sacramento, Riverview Plaza, and the restoration of the Leland Stanford Mansion. One of this
notable projects outside of Sacramento was designing the monument and kiosk at the Japanese relocation center in Poston, Arizona,
1992.
Takata was involved with the Buddhist Church of America. In 1971, he was the youngest member to ever achieve the title of
president of their Board of Trustees. In 1986, the Buddhist Church made him a “Kamon” (Church Elder); he was the youngest
member ever to receive this status. Takata died February 17, 2006.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection documents Sacramento projects that Ray Takata and Takata Sugioka Architects worked on during the mid-1980s
through the mid-1990s. Documents include project files, invoices, consultation records, timesheets, correspondence, drawings,
notes, and plans. The arrangement of the collection retains most of the donor’s original order.
The bulk of the material consists of records and plans from individual projects, which are filed by job number. There are
also a number of plans that do not have corresponding business records or specifications. Additionally, there is a small amount
of personal papers and records related to a personal rehabilitation project.
Some of the projects include 1717 I Street, Riverview Plaza, Crystal Ice, Sacramento Zoological Society Interpretive Center,
Stanford Mansion, Natomas Middle School, City of Sacramento Special Services Office, Tenrikyo Church, and Sacramento County
Executive Airport shade hangar additions.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Architects--Sacramento (Calif.)
Architecture--Sacramento (Calif.)