Robert Fitch Smith Architectural Collection - 1930s-1940s

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HMA0333

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Robert Fitch Smith Architectural Collection - 1930s-1940s

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  • 1930s-1940s (Creation)

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24 photographs; 1 album (11 photographs); 5 items (ephemera); 11 drawings

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Photographs show completed residences designed by Robert Fitch Smith. An album of photos and some newspaper clippings document the building of the" Bungalow of Tomorrow" for the Miami Builders' Exchange second annual Better Homes Exposition. A copy of "Architecture and Design", vol. v, no. 15 (d), August 1941 is devoted to Smith's work. A sketch book shows projects in various stages of completion with cost details, and his notes pertaining to bloodlines for the pigeons he raised as a hobby.

Drawings include the Doc Thomas house in South Miami, Interama sketches, the University Church (Coral Gables) and dwellings. The Doc Thomas house is noted on the blueprint as the Hayes Thomas House. Located at 5530 Sunset Drive serves as the headquarters for the Tropical Audubon Society.

The drawings of the interiors with furnishings were done for the Smith family house on Kirk Street in Coconut Grove, ca. 1952. Drawings and sketches for residences include interiors with furnishings. A blueprint for the Doc Thomas House in South Maimi, watercolor renderings for a church and sketches for the Interama project.

The drawings of the interiors with furnishings were done for the Smith family house on Kirk Street in Coconut Grove, ca. 1952.

Drawings and sketches for residences include interiors with furnishings. A blueprint for the Doc Thomas House in South Maimi, watercolor renderings for a church and sketches for the Interama project.

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      Accessions: 2010-210 & 2010-215

      The images in the album pertain to the model all-frame bungalow that Smith designed for the Miami Builder's Exchange Second Annual Better Homes Exposition

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      © Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.

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