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  • Custodial History note
  • Biographical/Historical note
  • Conditions Governing Access note
  • Scope and Contents note
  • Related Archival Materials note

  • Title: Bliss & Faville architectural drawings
    Identifier/Call Number: 0000382
    Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 9.0 Linear feet Two flat file folders, two oversize rolls
    Date: 1911
    Location note: ADC regular / flat files misc. ADC oversize rolls
    creator: Bliss & Faville.
    creator: Bliss, Walter Danforth
    creator: Faville, William Baker

    Custodial History note

    Blueprints were Found In Collections (FIC), possibly as part of the David Gebhard private collection, 2019.

    Biographical/Historical note

    Walter Bliss (1872-1956) and William Faville (1866-1946) were partners in the architecture firm Bliss & Favillle from 1898 until 1925, working mainly in northern California and San Francisco in particular. Both Bliss and Faville were educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; after they graduated they worked for the New York based firm McKim, Mead & White. They moved to San Francisco in 1898 and formed their architecture firm. Bliss & Faville were known for residential work, but after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, they received many commercial and civic projects as well.

    Conditions Governing Access note

    Open for use by qualified researchers

    Scope and Contents note

    This collection contains blueprints for Bliss & Faville buildings.

    Related Archival Materials note

    Bliss & Faville architectural drawings, [ca. 1900-1920], Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
    Architectural Drawing of Proposed Buildings for the University of Nevada, University Archives, University of Nevada, Reno