Shows examples of architecture in the Western American states beginning with the square log block house that served as General Sheridan’s headquarters at Yam Hill, Oregon. The Monterey style house built for the American consul to Mexican California, a Victorian mansion, the First Church of Christ Scientist at Berkeley, the steel-aluminium -glass Equitable Building in Portland, Oregon, the Prudential building in Los Angeles, and modern homes designed by John Yoen, depicting important influences and style.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
000510
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture - United States
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)