Finding Aid for the Henry Hill drawings and specifications of the Mr. and Mrs. Martin Haet house (Los Angeles, Calif.), circa 1970-circa 1984 0000250

Finding aid prepared by Jillian O'Connor and Chris Marino
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu


Title: Henry Hill drawings and specifications of the Mr. and Mrs. Martin Haet house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 0000250
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Container: 549
Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)
Date (inclusive): circa 1970-circa 1984
creator: Hill, Albert Henry, 1913-1984
creator: Kruse, Jack

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred Citation note

Henry Hill drawings and specifications of the Mr. and Mrs. Martin Haet house (Los Angeles, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

Albert Henry Hill was born on July 9, 1913 in the United Kingdom. Hill attended the University of London for six months and then transferred to the University of California, Berkeley where he earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture. He went onto to study architecture at Harvard University where he graduated with his master’s degree in 1938. While attending Harvard, Hill worked as a draftsman for the architect John Dinwiddie in Oakland, California from 1936 to 1937. In 1938 Hill became Dinwiddie’s associate and subsequently his partner in 1939. In 1947 Hill opened his own firm, which Jack Kruse joined in 1979 as Hill’s associate. Henry Hill died in 1984.

Scope and Content note

The Henry Hill drawings and specifications of the Mr. and Mrs. Martin Haet house spans 3 linear feet and dates from circa 1970 to circa 1984. The collection consists of specifications and four architectural drawings in the form of reprographic copies. Drawings include: a bird’s eye view of the property on which the residence was built, assembly details of two exterior walls, and details. Drawings are undated and list Jack Kruse as Hill’s associate.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hill, Albert Henry, 1913-1984
Kruse, Jack
Architectural drawings
Reprographic copies
Specifications