Dept. of General Services, Architectural drawings, plans, and specifications, ca. 1919-2002

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Creator:
Virginia. Dept. of General Services
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This accession consists of architectural drawings for various state buildings from the Plan Room of the Bureau of Facilities Management, Department of General Services. The drawings include elevations, floor plans, sections, details, renderings, proposed plans, and specifications for Broad Street Station, Capitol Building, Executive Mansion, Dove Street Armory, Motor Vehicles Building (12th & Main), Federal Reserve Bank, Virginia Holocaust Museum, Home for Needy Confederate Women (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts), Confederate Memorial Chapel (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts), Robinson House Garage (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts), Virginia State Penitentiary, Virginia Retirement System Building (Planters National Bank). Architects represented include Carneal Johnston and Wright(Richmond, Va.), Taylor and Fisher (Baltimore, Md.), Glave Newman Anderson and Associates (Richmond, Va.), Ballou and Justice (Richmond, Va.), Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Co. (Norfolk, Va.), Joseph Dye Lahendro, Lee Smith and Van Dervoort (Richmond, Va.), and Alfred C. Bossom.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from the Dept. of General Services, Bureau of Facilities Managment, 1 March 2006.
Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by agency/building and chronologically there under.

Physical description:
154 sheets; Blueprints, Diazo prints, ink on paper, microfiche, and electrostatic prints.