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E. A. Blixfeldt plans for unidentified residence

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3012

Scope and Contents

Six sheets of architectural plans by E. A. Blixfeldt for an unidentified residence. The plans do not include a location, date, or client, but could be designs for a home in Portland, Oregon, around 1911, when Blixfeldt was living and working in that city. The plans include a west elevation; an east elevation; a roof plan; a floor plan; front and rear elevations (on same sheet); and a basement plan. The home was designed to have two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a dining room, and one bathroom; lap siding; a cobblestone chimney; and leaded glass windows in front.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1911

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical note

Edward A. Blixfeldt was born in New York, New York, around 1887. He was living in Portland, Oregon, and working as a draftsman by 1908, and was working as an architect by 1911, when he designed a building for St. Rose Parish at East 54th Street and Alameda Avenue (now NE 54th Avenue and NE Alameda St.) in the Rose City Park neighborhood. By 1914, he was living in San Luis Obispo, California.

Sources: "St. Rose Parish to Build," Oregonian, Sunday, February 19, 1911, Section 4, Page 8; vital records and 1914 voter registration records for San Luis Obispo County, California, on Ancestry.com.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 shared oversize folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Six sheets of architectural plans by E. A. Blixfeldt for an unidentified residence, possibly in Portland, Oregon, around 1911. The plans include a west elevation, an east elevation, a roof plan, a floor plan, front and rear elevations, and a basement plan.

Processing Information

Collection was previously designated Mss 3012-1. It was titled "Residence plans" prior to July 2023.

Title
Guide to the E. A. Blixfeldt plans for unidentified residence
Status
Completed
Date
2012; revised 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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