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Frick, Edward L. Collection
19xx.-12  
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  • Contributing Institution: University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
    Title: Edward Frick collection
    Creator: Frick, Edward L., 1891-1977
    Identifier/Call Number: 19xx.-12
    Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet: 3 oversize folders
    Date (inclusive): 1912-1932
    Language of Material: English .

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection is open for research

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of Item], Edward L. Frick Collection, (19XX-12), Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

    Biographical / Historical

    Edward L. Frick (1891-19??)
    Edward Frick was born in 1891 and went to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1913, after winning a scholarship from the Architectural League of the Pacific Coast. After the school closed due to World War I, Frick returned to San Francisco to work for the firm Bakewell & Brown. When the United States entered the war, he enlisted in the military in a detachment of engineers and architects and was sent to France. Following the war, Frick finished his studies at the Ecole receiving his degree in 1922. He continued to be associated with Arthur Brown Jr., even after Bakewell & Brown dissolved in 1927. From 1935 to 1939 Frick was chief of architecture for the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. He was a member of the San Francisco Art Commission from 1935 to 1945. In 1941, he established the firm Weihe, Frick & Kruse with Ernest Weihe and Lawrence Kruse. The firm dissolved in 1965.

    Scope and Contents

    The Edward Frick collection consists of his award winning "Festival Hall and Open Air Theater" drawing from the 1912 San Francisco Architectural Club competition. It also contains numerous drawings from projects completed with Arthur Brown, Jr., including detail and shop drawings of balustrades, relating to projects such as the Pasadena City Hall and San Francisco City Hall, as well as drawings of lighting fixtures, possibly from the Federal Office Building (San Francisco).

    Related Materials

    Weihe, Frick & Kruse Collection (1978-3), Environmental Design Archives Bakewell & Brown Collection (19XX-11), Environmental Design Archives Arthur Brown Jr Papers, The Bancroft Library