A Guide to the Norfolk (Va.) Dept. of Public Works, Architectural Drawings and Plans, 1899-1934

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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POC: Archives Reference Services
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Preferred citation:

Norfolk (Va.), Dept. of Public Works, Architectural drawings and plans, 1899-1934. Accession 35996, Local government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Norfolk (Va.), Dept. of Public Works, Architectural drawings and plans, 1899-1934. Accession 35996, Local government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This accession consists of files of working drawings from the Norfolk Department of Public Works, presumably for demolished or otherwise obsolete structures. It documents a number of municipal projects from the early 1900s, such as armories, cemeteries, fire stations, hospitals, jails, markets, parks, police facilities, schools, and sewerage / drainage facilities. In many cases additional notations are made to the original plans to record modifications to structures.

Among the best documented project types are those for fire stations. Included are drawings of wharf facilities for the fire boat "Vulcan."

Drawn By: K. L. Hulsick Comopany / Architects & Engineers / 400 Flat Iron Bldg., Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Liberty Iron & Wire Co., Inc. / Office: McKevitt Bldg. / Plant: Olney Road & Matoka St., Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Truscon Steel Company / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Miller Engineering Corp.

Drawn By: Milliken Brothers Mfg. Co. Inc. / Woolworth Bldg., New York

Drawn By: J. T. Neely

Drawn By: Rossel Edward Mitchell Arch't

Drawn By: Drawn by: J. T. Neely

Drawn By: [Approval signature of W. H. Taylor, Director of Public Works and J. T. Neely]

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Wickham C. Taylor / Architect / Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: Neff & Thompson - Architects / & Engineers / Norkfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: Neff & Thompson - Architects / Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: F. F. Ferguson & Chas. J. Calrow / Architects - Norfolk

Drawn By: F. F. Ferguson & Chas. J. Calrow - Architiects

Drawn By: Ferguson & Calrow - Arch't / Norfolk Va.

Drawn By: [F. F. Ferguson & Chas. J. Calrow]

Drawn By: [F. F. Ferguson & Chas. J. Calrow]

Drawn By: Ferguson & Calrow - Archts

Drawn By: [Ferguson and Calrow]

Drawn By: [F. F. Ferguson & C. J. Calrow]

Drawn By: B. F. Mitchell - Architect

Drawn By: Neff & Thompson Architects

Drawn By: P. B. Moser Arch't - S. Tars Contractor / Standard Iron Works Inc.

Drawn By: Neff & Thompson Architects & Engineers

Drawn By: P. B. Moser Arch't - S. Tars Contractor / Standard Iron Works Inc.

Drawn By: Standard Iron Works...

Drawn By: Philip B. Moser & / Erwin C. Gutzwiller / Architects & Engineers / Law B'ld'g - Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: J. T. Neely

Drawn By: J. T. Neely

Drawn By: Philip B. Moser & / Erwin C. Gutzwiller / Architects & Engineers / Law B'ld'g - Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: [Ferguson and Calrow]

Drawn By: Ferguson & Calrow - Arch't

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Calrow, Browne, & Fitz-Gibbon, Architects

Drawn By: Calrow, Browne, & Fitz-Gibbon, Architects - Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: Wickham C. Taylor - Architect / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Calrow, Browne, & Fitz-Gibbon, Architects - Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: Department of Public Works / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: City of Norfolk, Virginia, / Dept. of Public Works / Div. Of Building Inspection

Drawn By: Department of Public Welfare / State of Virginia

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Ferguson, Calrow & Taylor - Architects

Drawn By: Trussed Concrete Steel Co. / Washington Office

Drawn By: Ferguson, Calron, & Wrenn Arch'ts

Drawn By: Ferguson, Calron, & Wrenn Arch'ts

Drawn By: Ferguson, Calrow & Taylor - Architects

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: W. H. Taylor / Director of Public Works

Drawn By: Approved / W. H. Taylor / Director of Public Works

Drawn By: W. H. Taylor / Director of Public Works

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: City of Norfolk, Virginia, / Dept. of Public Works / Div. Of Building Inspection

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Wickham C. Taylor / Architect / Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: John Kevan Peebles - Architect - Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Arnold Eberhard Architect / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Arnold Eberhard / Architect / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Walker-Smith Co. Inc. / Norfolk, Va. and Archt: J. T. Neely

Drawn By: J. T. Neely, City Structural Engineer

Drawn By: City of Norfolk, Virginia / Dept. Public Works, / Div. Buildig IUnsignedpection

Drawn By: [Various approval signatures]

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: J. E. R. Carpenter / Architect / 51 Granby St. Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: H. I. Dwyer. Arc'ht. / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Mac

Drawn By: Arnold Eberhard Arch't

Drawn By: A. I. Dwyer Architect / West Building / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: John Keynan Peebles, Norfolk, Va. / Architect

Drawn By: K. L. Hulsick Comopany / Architects & Engineers / 400 Flat Iron Bldg., Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Drawn by R. L. Holland -- Traced by C. P. Machen

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Neff & Thompson Archs.

Drawn By: Neff & Thompson Archs.

Drawn By: Ferguson, Calrow and Taylor - Architects

Drawn By: Lee & Diehl / Architects / Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: Neff & Thompson - Architects

Drawn By: John Kevan Peebles - Architect - Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: John Kevan Peebles / Findlay F. Ferguson / Architects / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Peebles & Ferguson - Architects / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Peebles and Ferguson - Architects / Norfolk - Va.

Drawn By: John Kevan Peebles and Findlay F. Ferguson - Architects / Norfolk Va.

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Peebles and Ferguson - Arch'ts

Drawn By: Peebles and Ferguson Architects / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: Pebles & Ferguson Architects / Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: Neff & Thompson - Architects / & Engineers / Norkfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: Atlantic Iron Works / Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: Norfolk Iron & Wire Works, Inc. / Norfolk, Va.

Drawn By: W. Newton Diehl / Certified / Architect / New Monroe Building / Norfolk, Virginia

Drawn By: Architect: Peebles & Ferguson / Contractor: R. R. Richardson

Drawn By: Peebles and Ferguson Architects

Drawn By: Calrow, Browne, & Fitz-Gibbon. Architects.

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: [illegable]

Drawn By: John Kevan Peebles and Findlay F. Ferguson - Arch'ts

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Calrow, Browne, & Fitz-Gibbon - Architects - Norfolk Va.

Drawn By: Arnold Eberhard / Architect

Drawn By: Unsigned

Drawn By: Ferguson, Calrow, & Taylor, Architects

Drawn By: [On stationary of Baker & Brinkley / Building Contractors

Drawn By: Unsigned

Biographical / historical:

The Department of Public Works was created when Norfolk adopted the a City Manager-style system of government in 1917. Section 52 of the city charter sets forth the administrative departments of government- Law, Public Works, Public Welfare, Public Safety, and Finance- under the City Manager. The Director of the Public Works Department was required to be an engineer by profession with experience in municipal engineering. The department would oversee the construction, improvement, repair, maintenance, and use of all public streets, sewers, culverts, canals, viaducts, public highways, sidewalks, drains, ditches, pumping stations, dams, wharves, landings, docks, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, etc.

Within the Department of Public Works were the City Planning Commission and Board of Dock Commissioners. Walter H. Taylor, Jr. served as the first director of the department.

Acquisition information:
Transfer from City of Norfolk, Department of Public Works, Norfolk, Va., n.d.
Arrangement:

Alphabetically according to project type (Armories, Cemeteries, Fire Department, Hospitals, Jails, Markets, Miscellanious Drawings, Parks, Police Facilities, Schools, and Sewerage / Drainage Facilities) and chronologically there under.

Physical description:
250 sheets of mostly blueprints, some India ink on linen, Diazoprint, and Sepia prints (61 x 91 cm. or smaller)