Finding Aid for the Decorative architectural pieces and photographs from the Jackling house (Woodside, Calif.) designed by George Washington Smith, circa 1925 0000329

Finding aid prepared by 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: Decorative architectural pieces and photographs from the Jackling house (Woodside, Calif.) designed by George Washington Smith

Identifier/Call Number: 0000329

Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 16.0 Linear feet (6 boxes, one light fixture, and one door frame)

Date (inclusive): circa 1925

creator: Smith, George Washington, 1876-1930, American Architect

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Custodial History note

Gift of the Town of Woodside, January 2013.

Preferred Citation note

Decorative architectural pieces and photographs from the Jackling house (Woodside, Calif.) designed by George Washington Smith, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

During 1925 to 1926 architect George Washington Smith designed a house in Woodside, California for Daniel Cowan Jackling, a wealthy man involved in the copper mining business. The house, which was 17,000 square feet, had a large courtyard, landscaped gardens, open-air balconies, and a built-in pipe organ. The house was demolished in 2011, after a drawn out legal battle between the current owner and the city of Woodside. Before the house was demolished it was documented through photography and decorative architectural pieces were taken out of house and given to the Architecture and Design Collection.

Scope and Content note

Decorative architectural pieces and photographs from the Jackling house designed by George Washington Smith span 16 linear feet and date from circa 1925. The collection is composed of: one star shoulder wooden door frame from the organ room, one copper light fixture from the library, one iron wall sconce with shade, one thermostat, and decorative tiles from the organ room as well as the elevation opposite the arcade. The collection also includes two binders which contain photographs that document the house.

Related Archival Materials note

George Washington Smith papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Daniel C. (Daniel Cowan) Jackling Papers , M0093, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Smith, George Washington, 1876-1930, American Architect

Architectural lighting

Ceramic tile

Doorframes