Santa Barbara Public Library drawings 0000386
Finding aid prepared by Julia Larson
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
01/07/2020
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
Title: Santa Barbara Public Library drawings
Identifier/Call Number: 0000386
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.0 Linear feet
Date: circa 1920 - circa 1960
creator:
Cheesman, Roy
creator:
Hornsbostel, Henry
creator:
Hunt and Chambers, Architects.
creator:
Shugart & Mendes.
creator:
Wilson, Francis W. , 1870-1947
creator:
Winslow, Carleton Monroe, 1876-1946
Gift of Santa Barbara Public Library.
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Santa Barbara Public Library drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of
California, Santa Barbara.
Related Archival Materials note
Myron Hunt & H. G. Chambers records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of
California, Santa Barbara.
Francis W. Wilson drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Carleton Monroe Winslow Sr. papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Henry Hornbostel Collection, Architecture Archives, Carnegie Mellon University.
This collection contains drawings of the Santa Barbara Public Library building in downtown Santa Barbara, Calif. The materials
consist of renderings, blueprints, and some original drawings and span the timeframe from the earliest proposed plans in 1916
up to additions in the late 1950s. Due to absence of original order, drawings were cataloged by architect, if known.
The Santa Barbara Free Public Library was established in 1882 in downtown Santa Barbara. The original building was built at
14 E. Carrillo by Peter J. Barber. As the Library grew, the Librarian Frances Burns Linn worked with the city to receive a
grant from the Carnegie Foundation to build a new library building at the corner of Anapamu and Anacapa Streets. This building
was designed in 1916 by Pittsburgh architect Henry Hornbostel, with assistance provided by local architect Francis W. Wilson,
in the Spanish Colonial Revial style. In 1925, the Santa Barbara earthquake caused major damage to the buildling, and architect
Carleton Winslow was retained to reconstruct the damaged portions of the building. In 1930, the Faulkner Gallery art wing
was added, by architects Hunt and Chambers in the Art Deco style. Additional alterations and additions were completed through
the years to retrofit access ramps, add more office and work space, and additional seismic upgrades to the building structure
were also completed by the firm Shugart & Mendes. The building was designated a City of Santa Barbara Landmark in 2012.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Barbara Public Library.
Santa Barbara Public Library.
Drawings
Drawer 682, FlatFile 1
Drawer 682, FlatFile 2
Drawer 682, FlatFile 3
Hornsbostel, Henry early designs circa 1916
creator:
Hornsbostel, Henry
Drawer 682, FlatFile 4, Drawer 682, FlatFile 5
Drawer 682, FlatFile 6
Miscellaneous alterations 1924, 1946, 1957
creator:
Howell, Henry W.
creator:
Soule, Murphy and Hastings.
creator:
Wade, William B.
Drawer 682, FlatFile 7
Drawer 682, FlatFile 8
Drawer 682, FlatFile 9
Drawer 682, FlatFile 10
Drawer 682, FlatFile 11
Drawer 682, FlatFile 12, Drawer 682, FlatFile 13