Here at the San Francisco History Center, buildings are one of our most popular topics for researchers. People who are researching their homes, building historians compiling information for neighborhood surveys, students in architecture and urban planning, and others interested in local buildings and the people who design, build, and live in them all visit the 6th floor for maps, files, microfilms, books, journals, and online resources about San Francisco buildings.
On Wednesday, October 27, 2010, the Main Library is hosting two public programs about San Francisco Bay Area buildings and architecture: Researching a San Francisco Building and Women with T-Squares: San Francisco's Early Female Architects. The presentations will be at 12 noon and 6 p.m. respectively, and both will be held at the Main Library, Lower Level, in the Latino/Hispanic Room B.
Exterior of 1197 Dolores Street, March 1, 1938. Courtesy of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library.
At Researching a San Francisco Building, a librarian/archivist from the San Francisco History Center will discuss how to research the history of a San Francisco house or commercial building. The workshop will provide an overview of both print and online resources to help answer questions such as the age of the building, who owned it or lived in it, and how to find a historical photograph of it.
At Women with T-Squares, author Inge Horton will discuss early women architects of the San Francisco Bay Area who were contemporaries of Julia Morgan. Copies of her new book, Early women architects of the San Francisco Bay Area: the lives and work of fifty professionals, 1890-1951, will be available.
Hope to see you there at one or both of these programs!
On Wednesday, October 27, 2010, the Main Library is hosting two public programs about San Francisco Bay Area buildings and architecture: Researching a San Francisco Building and Women with T-Squares: San Francisco's Early Female Architects. The presentations will be at 12 noon and 6 p.m. respectively, and both will be held at the Main Library, Lower Level, in the Latino/Hispanic Room B.
At Researching a San Francisco Building, a librarian/archivist from the San Francisco History Center will discuss how to research the history of a San Francisco house or commercial building. The workshop will provide an overview of both print and online resources to help answer questions such as the age of the building, who owned it or lived in it, and how to find a historical photograph of it.
At Women with T-Squares, author Inge Horton will discuss early women architects of the San Francisco Bay Area who were contemporaries of Julia Morgan. Copies of her new book, Early women architects of the San Francisco Bay Area: the lives and work of fifty professionals, 1890-1951, will be available.
Hope to see you there at one or both of these programs!
Once folks have researched their homes, I encourage them to share their house histories by adding them to www.historyofhomes.net
ReplyDeleteIt's an online community dedicated to preserving and sharing the histories of homes around the world.