1960 BLUEPRINTS for the PALACE OF FINE ARTS, SAN FRANCISCO, RESTORATION

Description

SIX BLUEPRINTS / DRAWINGS for the REHABILITATION of the PALACE OF FINE ARTS, SAN FRANCISCO. Printed on sheets that are yellow on front and white on back. Each measures 14.5 x 22 inches and states "REDUCED HALF SIZE".
The blueprints were created by: "Architects for the Palace of Fine Arts Historical State Park - WILLIAM GLADSTONE MERCHANT and ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS; and WELTON BECKET and ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS; San Francisco, California." The blueprints were part of a "BASE BID". They are undated but circa 1960. (William Gladstone Merchant, the lead architect, died in 1962 while the rehabilitation based on his drawings was underway).
GOOD condition, a couple small edge tears, one blueprint has a vertical center fold, overall the blueprints are solid, bright, clean and clear.
The blueprints are of the following:
ROTUNDA - Rehabilitation Section on East-West Axis;
ROTUNDA - Rehabilitation Main Entablature, Details;
ROTUNDA - Rehabilitation Attic Story, Details;
ROTUNDA - Rehabilitation Attic Sculpture, Panels & Urns, Details;
ROTUNDA - Rehabilitation Misc. Sculpture Details;
ROTUNDA - Rehabilitation Reflected Ceiling Plan and Roof Plan.
The blueprints will be shipped carefully rolled into a sturdy mailing tube.
About WILLIAM GLADSTONE MERCHANT, Architect (from the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design website):
******William Gladstone Merchant, b.1889 d.1962, was a San Francisco architect who worked in the offices of John Galen Howard and Bernard Maybeck until he opened his own firm in San Francisco in 1930, designing a number of commercial buildings in San Francisco. From 1932-1939, he was the consulting architect for the San Francisco Recreation Commission; he was also a member of the Architectural Commission of Golden Gate International Exposition (1939). William G. Merchant & Associates was the successor firm to and inherited the practice of Bernard Maybeck. William Gladstone Merchant was the lead architect for the rehabilitation of the Palace of Fine Arts, designing a rehabilitation that would keep the glory of Maybeck's Rotunda intact. Merchant died just as the Palace of Fine Arts was being rebuilt based on his designs.******