Whittlesey (Charles) drawing of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. Alvarado Hotel building, circa 1904

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Title:: Charles Whittlesey drawing of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. Alvarado Hotel building (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Dates:: circa 1904
Creators:: Whittlesey, Charles F.
Extent:: 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)
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Preferred citation:: Charles Whittlesey drawing of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. Alvarado Hotel building (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and content:: The Charles Whittlesey drawings of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. Alvarado Hotel building span 3 linear feet and date from circa 1904. The collection consists of one architectural drawing in the form of a reprographic copy. Drawing depicts the first floor plan of the hotel and is undated.
Biographical / historical:: Charles F. Whittlesey was born in Alton, Illinois on March 10, 1867. He worked as a draftsman for Louis Sullivan before opening his own architectural practice in Chicago. In 1890, at the age of 33, Whittlesey was appointed chief architect for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, during which appointment he was responsible for designing hotels and railway stations adjacent to the railroad tracks. The Alvarado Hotel and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot was designed by Whittlesey. The structures were demolished circa 1970.
Physical location:: 1 Flat File Folder/ADC - flat files misc.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino
Sponsor:: The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-10-26T09:17-0700

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Restrictions:: Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:: Charles Whittlesey drawing of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. Alvarado Hotel building (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:: UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US