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[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 22.4, Blueprints of the W.W. Davies Residence, Louisville, Kentucky, Undated, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Acquisition InformationThese blueprints were purchased for the University by the University of Buffalo Foundation from Mr. Carl Sperl of West Seneca, New York and deposited in the University Archives by Mr. John D. Randall, Office of Facilities Planning, September 17, 1976.
Terms of AccessBlueprints of the W.W. Davies Residence, Louisville, Kentucky, Undated, are open for research.
CopyrightCopyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Processing InformationProcessed by University Archives staff.
Accruals and AdditionsNo further accruals are expected to this collection.
Mr. W.W. Davies seems to have been a lawyer who was a partner of Judge Robert Bingham in Louisville and moved to New York in the 1920's.
Although these plans are identified as the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Davies project is not listed in the standard works on Wright nor was it known to Wright experts consulted by Mr. John D. Randall at the time the plans were acquired by the State University of New York at Buffalo. The house was not built.
The identification of the plans rests on the title block of the rendering of the front view of the house (see appended list). Unfortunately none of the plans are dated.
The exact location of the proposed structure is also unknown. The street plans show an area bounded by Cherokee Parkway and Transit Avenue which merge to form Long Avenue which is intersected by Spring Street. The plans also show a number of minor side streets and Beargrass Creek.
Several of the plans are marked in red crayon "164" or "Davies 164."
Blueprints are arranged in original order by plan view.
| Item | Contents | |
| 1 | Street plan,
undated 16¼ inches x 21 inches |
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Shows elevations and gas, water, sewer and heating lines. |
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| 2 | Street plan,
undated 16¼ inches x 21 inches |
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Duplicate of Item 1 above with slightly different key symbols. |
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| 3 | Main Floor plan,
undated 16¾ inches x 31 inches |
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Includes carriage house/stable; playroom; study; guest; guest; living room; entry. |
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| 4 | Lower Floor plan,
undated 20 inches x 33½ inches |
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Includes laundry; porch; kitchen yard; kitchen; servants' hall; provisions; boiler/furnace room; coal room; servants' rooms; dining room. |
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| 5 | Upper Floor plan,
undated 20 inches x 25½ inches |
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Includes living room (upper part); children's suite; balconies; own suite. |
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| 6 | Rendering (front view),
undated 20 inches x 38 inches |
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Title block reads: Mr. W.W. Davies, Louisville, Kentucky, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect, Oak Park Illinois |
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