Description
Contracts, specifications and drawings from a San Francisco architecture firm
Background
Richard Neutra was born in Austria and is chiefly known for introducing the International Style in architecture to the United
States. He worked with architect Otto Winkler on a dozen residences in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1930s. Neutra had
a studio at 251 Kearny Street, San Francisco from 1935-1940, and Winkler shared that studio in 1939.
Otto Winkler was born in Zurich and came to San Francisco. He married Mary E. Lafler in 1931, and the couple lived at her
property on Telegraph Hill. In 1934, Winkler and Neutra were sharing a studio there at 1441 Montgomery St. Mary divorced Otto
in 1936, but Winkler later designed apartments for the Lafler property. Mary Winkler died in Burlingame in 1976, and Otto
Winkler died in New York City in 1993.
Extent
1 document box and 1 oversize folder
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Availability
The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk
hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.