AAA-04. Early 20th Century Architectural Design

Research Area

Identifier: AAA-04

Collections reflecting early regional design and the transition from 19th-century influence to early modern styles.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Henry C. Trost collection

Collection

Identifier: TROST

Abstract

Henry Charles Trost (1860-1933) was a prominent American architect, known for his firm's, Trost & Trost's, work in the Southwestern United States. This collection includes architectural design sketches of his work on several projects, with subjects ranging from metal ornaments to building façades. These sketches range in date from approximately 1904 to 1930. Record types include sketches and papers.

Dates: Circa 1904-1916, 1930, undated

Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives

Ayres and Ayres, Architects records

Collection

Identifier: AA

Abstract

Ayres and Ayres, Architects, records represents extensive documentation of a prominent San Antonio firm spanning a period of 83 years of practice (1894-1977). Atlee Bernard Ayres (1872-1969) and his son Robert Moss Ayres (1898-1977) formed a partnership in 1925. Papers, photographs, and drawings document the long practice of the San Antonio architects. The firm library was donated to the Architecture and Planning Library Special Collections.

Dates: 1894-1977

Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives