Cromwell Architects Engineers Slides, 1953-2000
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Arkansas State Archives Arkansas Digital Archives Finding aids Guides and finding aids Cromwell Architects Engineers slides, 1953-2000 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/finding-aids Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Cromwell Architects Engineers slides, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas. Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at [email protected]. Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 Finding aid prepared by the Arkansas State Archives This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit June 04, 2020 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Arkansas State Archives One Capitol Mall Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201 501-682-6900 [email protected] Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 4 Biographical/Historical Note......................................................................................................................... 5 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 5 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7 Box 1........................................................................................................................................................7 Box 2........................................................................................................................................................9 Box 3......................................................................................................................................................14 Box 4......................................................................................................................................................16 Box 5......................................................................................................................................................19 Box 6......................................................................................................................................................23 Box 7......................................................................................................................................................26 Box 8......................................................................................................................................................30 Box 9......................................................................................................................................................32 Box 10....................................................................................................................................................36 Box 11....................................................................................................................................................39 Box 12....................................................................................................................................................43 Box 13....................................................................................................................................................47 Box 14....................................................................................................................................................52 Box 15....................................................................................................................................................56 Box 16....................................................................................................................................................62 Box 17....................................................................................................................................................65 Box 18....................................................................................................................................................67 Box 19....................................................................................................................................................71 - Page 2 - Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 Box 20....................................................................................................................................................75 - Page 3 - Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 Summary Information Repository Arkansas State Archives Title Cromwell Architects Engineers slides Date [inclusive] 1953-2000 Extent 5.9 Cubic feet 20 boxes, 1 oversize folder Language English Language of Materials Materials entirely in English. Preferred Citation Cromwell Architects Engineers slides, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas. - Page 4 - Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 Biographical/Historical Note Cromwell Architects Engineers is the oldest architectural firms in Arkansas and one of the oldest in the nation. It was begun in 1885 when Benjamin Bartlett arrived in Little Rock to design the Arkansas School for the Blind. He soon began working on several other projects in the state. In 1886, Charles Thompson joined the firm. Bartlett left the firm in 1890 after moving to Mississippi. From 1891 to 1897, Thompson worked with civil engineer, Fred Rickon. In 1898, Thomas Harding Jr. began working for the firm and the firm name became Thompson and Harding in 1916. Theo Sanders and Frank Ginocchio also worked with Thompson, and Thompson Sanders and Ginocchio was established in 1927. Thompson retired in 1938. Sanders and Ginocchio continued until Sanders withdrew from the firm. He was succeeded by Edwin Boykin Cromwell, who came to Arkansas as an architect with the Resettlement Administration. The two designed the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, which opened in 1950. The firm continued to prosper under Cromwell's leadership, and the name of the firm was changed in 2000 to Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc. Some of the more significant projects that the firm completed in Arkansas are buildings at the Arkansas Children's Hospital and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, structures at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Central Arkansas, Hillcrest Academy, Searcy High School, the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain, the L'Oreal USA manufacturing plant, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, Immanuel Baptist Church, Temple B’nai Israel Tennebaum Center, and the Arkansas Arts Center addition. Scope and Contents This collection contains 20 boxes of slides and one photograph of projects worked on and completed by Cromwell Architects Engineers. The projects include buildings designed by the firm throughout Arkansas and various other states. Administrative Information Publication Information Arkansas State Archives 6/30/2018 - Page 5 - Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research use. Conditions Governing Use The copyright law of the United States (Title 17-U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The person using this material is liable for any infringement. Immediate Source of Acquisition Jennifer Mazzacane, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2017. - Page 6 - Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 Box 1 Collection Inventory Box Box 1 1 1A MAC Building 1978-1979 1B MAC Building Signage, Energy, Interiors Downtown Little Rock Camelot Inn 1C Camelot Inn Construction MAC II Riverfest 1980 Camelot Plaza Plaza Celebration 1975 - Page 7 - Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 1D Restoration Excelsior Hotel /Statehouse Convention Center Capitol Hotel 1D MAC Building Commissary Jacksonville Elderly Housing Belvedere 1E Texarkana Parks Whetstone Boys and Girls Club Game and Fish Camp Mitchell - Page 8 - Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 1F Hist. Ones. State Parks 1F Hist. Ones. State Parks DeGray State Parks Lodge DeGray Masterplan Model Sylamore Creek Hope Country Club Hope Ark. 1967 Texarkana Model Cities Park (Texarkana, Ark.) Van Dyke Tennis Ranch 1975 Curran Conway Athletic Field (Little Rock, Ark., 1964) Helene Park James Penick Boys Club 12th & Cleveland South End Boys’ Club (Little Rock, Ark. 1970 duplicates) Box Box 2 2 - Page 9 - Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 2A 2A South End Boys’ Club (Little Rock, Ark.) 1970 Little Rock Racquet Club Table Rock, MO. 1974 NLR Vo-Tech, Foothills Vo-Tech School (Searcy, Ark.) 1965-66 Greers Ferry Visitors Center U.S. Corps 2B Greers Ferry Visitors Center DeGray State Park Repairs & Renovs. 1999 Phillips City Community College East Ark. Com. College MCCC Model Rendering Estes Stadium UCA Renovation - Page 10 - Cromwell Architects Engineers slides MS.000787 2C Arkansas Bar Center 2C Arkansas Bar Center MCCC Resources Center MCCC Bldg-addn. Osceola Drawings Charts MCCC MCCC 2D MCCC SAU Business Building Malvern Vo-Tech