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Title
Administration Building upon completion in 1962, at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California [photograph]
Creator
Reik, Karl H
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Publication Information
Marin County Free Library, Anne T. Kent California Room
Contributing Institution
Marin County Free Library
Collection
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Marin County Civic Center
Rights Information
unknown
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Description
Upon Frank Lloyd Wright's death in 1959, Taliesin-trained architects William Wesley Peters and Aaron Green oversaw the construction of the Marin County Civic Center Administration Building per Wright's original design. The four-story Administration Building is 584 feet long. The structure houses the County's administrative, financial and physical development departments, as well as the Marin County Free Library and the Anne T. Kent California Room. The Marin County Civic Center is a national and state designated historic landmark.
Type
image
Format
1 35 mm color slide
Identifier
csrcl_490
page [9] of dedication brochure, Marin County Civic Center, view from Highway 101
ark:/13030/kt9j49s227
http://contentdm.marinlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/flw/id/7
Language
English
Subject
Marin County Civic Center
Architecture and government--California
Organic architecture--California
Civic centers--Design and construction
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Green, Aaron G
Peters, William Wesley
Place
Marin County (Calif.)
Santa Venetia (Calif.)
San Rafael (Calif.)
Source
Harold Stockstad Slide Collection, Anne T. Kent California Room
Relation
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0q2nc5z2
http://marinlibrary.org/californiaroom

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