naa118 Brooks Cavin papers Archives Staff University of Minnesota Libraries undated

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EAD encoding by Karen Spilman and Barbara Bezat May/June 2005 English Cavin, Brooks, 1914- Brooks Cavin papers 1949-1984 University of Minnesota Libraries. Northwest Architectural Archives, Manuscripts Division [naa] 47 cubic feet Collection contains original drawings, photographs, specifications and job files by the architectural firms of Brooks Cavin. N 118 English Mezzanine; High Bay Administrative Information Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division reading room. Advance notice is requested.

Restrictions on Use

There are no restrictions on the use of materials in this collection. Copies can be requested if the condition of the originals warrants it.

Preferred Citation

Brooks Cavin papers (N 118), Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Northwest Architectural Archives by Brooks Cavin on May 20, 1987.

Arrangement

The collection is organized alphabetically by commission name in three series:

Working Drawings Job Files Photographs Slides Commitee and Miscellaneous Files Biographical Note

William Brooks Cavin Jr. was born in Philadelphia in 1914. He received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1937 and a B.Arch and M.Arch. from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1940 and 1941 respectively. He studied under Walter Gropius, leader of the Bauhaus movement, and worked for Eero Saarinen in Washington, D.C. Cavin began private practice in Minneapolis in 1946. In the Fall of 1959 he formed a partnership with Clayton Page, who had operated his own firm in the same city since 1950. The partnership lasted until the death of Page in 1969.

Cavin then formed a partnership with John Rova in 1980 and continued in practice until his retirement in 1986. Cavin was also a member of the faculty of the University of Minnesota School of Architecture from 1947 to 1967. His firm specialized in schools, medical facilities, large housing projects, and, for the last decade of activity, restoration of historic structures, primarily in Minnesota.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains original drawings, photographs, specifications and job files for many of the firm's commissions. These include the Brown County Historical Museum (New Ulm, MN, 1983-1984); Camilia Rose Housing for the Elderly (Coon Rapids, MN, 1976-1978); Veterans Service Building (St. Paul, 1959); Kate Dunwoody Hall (residence hall for women) (Minneapolis, 1964); restorations of Gibbs Farm (St. Paul, 1975- 1978); Minnesota State Capitol restoration (St. Paul, 1981-1982); Old Federal Courts Building (St. Paul, 1976-1977); The Ard Godfrey house (Minneapolis, 1977-1984); Hamilton Elementary School (Minneapolis, 1967); Loring Towers apartments (Minneapolis, 1969-1970); St. Paul HRA Housing for the Elderly (St. Paul, 1968); and numerous private residences, mostly in Minnesota. There are also a number of remodelings and additions to existing structures represented in the collection.

Additional Finding Aid

An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.

Related Material in the Northwest Architectural Archives

Morell and Nichols papers (N 79)

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Cavin, Brooks, 1914- -- Archives Architecture -- Minnesota -- Designs and plans Architecture, domestic -- Minnesota -- Designs and plans Detailed Contents

The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection. After the commission name may be listed five pieces of information: type of structure (or proposed structure), street address, architects, location of structure, medium of drawing.

Working Drawings 1536 E. River Terrace , 1980

Residence

1536 E. River Terrace

Brooks Cavin

n.l.

pencil on paper

289 Mackubin , 1977

Remodeling

289 Mackubin

Cavin

St. Paul, MN

pencil on paper

Abbott Hospital , 1959, 1967

110 E. 18th St

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline

Abbott Hospital Remodeling , 1967-8

Clinical laboratory remodeling;4th flr remodeling

110 E. 18th St

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

pencil on linen

Agassiz Elementary School , 1922, 1965

Addition

W. 38th St. and Harriet Ave So

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

sepia, blueline, photographic negatives

Andersen, E. L. , 1976-77

Residence

Cavin & Page

Arden Hills, MN

pencil on paper, mylar

Anderson Corporation , 1952-3

Addition

Cavin & Page

Bayport, MN

pencil on paper, blueline

Apartment Building , 1968

Cavin & Page

n.l.

pencil on tracing paper

Apartment Building Study , 1959

Cavin & Page

n.l.

pencil on tracing paper

Assumption Catholic Church , 1976

School House Restoration

5th St W and 9th St

Cavin & Page

St Paul, MN

blueline, pencil on paper, vellum

Bennett, A. A. , 1950

Golf Terrace Heights

Cavin & Page

n.l.

pencil on paper

Berg, J. C. , 1961

Master Bedroom Study

Cavin & Page

n.l.

pencil on paper

Braille & Sight Saving School , 1956

Activities Building

Brooks Cavin

Faribault, MN

pencil on paper

Brooks Jr., Edward , 1980, 1983

Residence

1516 Edgcumbe Road

Cavin & Rova

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper

Brown County Historical Museum , 1983-4

Broadway and Center St

Cavin & Rova

New Ulm, MN

mylar, sepia, blueline, specifications

Butchert , 1982

Residence

Edgecumbe Road

Cavin & Rova

St Paul, MN

blueline

Camilia Rose , 1975-8

Six Acres Associates

Proposed Nursing & Intermediate Care Facility

Brooks Cavin

Coon Rapids, MN

pencil on paper, mylar, blueline, linen

Capitol Gardens Project , 1955

Brooks Cavin

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper

Cavin Sr., W.B. , 1944, 1947-9

Residence

Cavin

Willistown, Pennsylvania

pencil on paper, blueprints

Coleman, J.B. , 1963

Residence

Cavin & Page

St. Croix Cove, Wisconsin

pencil on paper, sepia, blueprint, blueline

Conroy, George , 1954

Restaurant

Highway #12 & East Ave.

Brooks Cavin

St. Paul, MN

pencil on paper

Contemporary Church (A) , n.d.

Kirkland & Cambridge St

Brooks Cavin

n.l.

pencil on paper

Cowles Jr., John , 1961-2

Shed complex

Guest house

Cavin & Page

n.l.

pencil on paper

Cowles Sr., John , 1964

Residence-remodeling

2318 Park Ave

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline

Crabb , 1977-8

Residence

Cavin

Ten-mile Lake Hackensack, MN

pencil on paper, mylar, blueline

Dunwoody, Kate , 1964

Hall

10th St and LaSalle Ave

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline, photo prints, linen, paper

Eckert, Ernst , 1960-1

Summer residence

"on the St Croix"

Cavin & Page

n.l.

pencil on paper

Electric Machinery Mfg. , 1952,4

Cavin

n.l.

pencil on paper

Fair , 1982

Residence

710 Lincoln Ave

Cavin & Rova

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper

Felder, Dr. , 1983

Residence

Brooks Cavin

n.l.

pencil on paper

Ferguson, William , 1956-7

Cavin

North Oaks, MN

pencil on paper

First National Bank of Rhinelander, WI , 1911, 1960-4

Cavin & Page; Purcell, Feick & Elmslie

Rhinelander, WI

pencil on paper, blueline

Fletcher, H. Stetson , 1948

Stratton Road

Cavin

Rutland, Vermont

pencil on paper, blueprint

Fort ,

Fort Snelling - 5 , 1938,1952-3,1980

Personnel Quarters

Various buildings

WPA; Cavin & Rova

Fort Snelling, MN

blueline,photocopies on vellum(11x17reductions)

Fritsche Clinic , 1959

Cavin

New Ulm, MN

pencil on paper, blueline

Gerber, Robert , 1967

Josephine Road

Cavin & Page

Roseville, MN

pencil on paper, blueline

Gibbs Farm Restoration , 1975-8

Ramsey County Historical Society

Cavin

Falcon Heights, MN

pencil on paper, blueline

Giebink, Gilbert , 1965

Residence - addition & alterations

5400 Dundee Road

Cavin & Page

n.l.

pencil on paper

Gillis, Robert , 1948-50

Residence

Hwy 36 and Arcade

Cavin

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper

Godfrey, Ard , 1977, 1974

House

Cavin

Minneapolis, MN

blueprints, blackline, pencil on paper

Gokey Co , 1963

94 & 4th St

Cavin & Page

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper, blueline

Governor's Residence (MN) , 1984-6

(originally the H.H.Irvine residence)

1006 Summit Ave

Cavin & Rova

St Paul, MN

mylar, sepia, blueline

Hagstrom, Ralph , 1954

Cavin

Mendota, MN

pencil on paper

Hall, Bernard , 1955-6

Gluek Drive

Cavin

n.l.

pencil on paper

Hall, W. L. Co , 1982-3

Addition to office and warehouse

14800 Martin Drive

Cavin & Rova

Eden Prairie, MN

mylar, blueline, pencil on paper

Hamilton Elementary School , 1967-8

42nd Ave North & Emerson Ave N

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline, linen, sepia

Hamm Building , 1978

Canopy Detail

Cavin

[St. Paul, MN]

pencil on paper

Hawkinson, Roy W. , 1950

Residence

Cavin

St. Paul, MN

pencil on paper

Hill Reference Library , 1977

Cavin

St. Paul, MN

pencil on paper

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church , 1956-58

Addition

125 West Stevens

Brooks Cavin

St. Paul, MN

pencil and ink on paper

Howe, Richard O. , 1949

Cottage

Cavin

Little Compton, RI

pencil on paper

Iowa Wesleyan College , 1952

Girls Dormitory

Ingemann, Bergstedt & Cavin

Mount Pleasant, Iowa

pencil on paper, blackline, photostat

Irvine, H.H. residence - see Governor's Residence ,

Jarvis , 1961

Residence

Cavin

Bald Eagle Lake, MN

blueline, blueprints

Jevne , 1984

Residence

Annaway Drive

Cavin & Rova

Edina, MN

blueline, mylar, ink on paper

Jones - Harrison Residence , 1971

Addition

3700 Cedar Lake Ave

Cavin

Minneapolis, MN

linen, sepia, pencil on paper

Jorvig, Robert , 1962, 1967

Residence

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis

pencil on paper

Kohler Farmhouse , 1978-79

Farmhouse

Brooks Cavin

n.l.

pencil on paper

Kroger Store & drug store , 1962

Hwy 169 & 212

Cavin & Page

Edina, MN

pencil on paper

Kroger Store-1 , 1961-2

Nicollet Ave & East 77th St

Cavin & Page

Richfield, MN

sepia

Kroger Store-2 , 1965-6

Grand Ave & St Albans

Cavin & Page

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper, blueline

Lange, Richard , 1956-61

Residence

Lake Gervais

Cavin & Page

Little Canada, MN

pencil on paper, blackline

Lewis, Dr. Glen , 1969

Residence

Cavin

Annandale, MN

pencil and ink on paper, magazine picture

Lind, Governor John ,

Center St & State St

Cavin & Rova

New Ulm, MN

mylar, blueline, paper

Lohn , 1969-70

Residence

North Cherry St

Cavin

Annandale, MN

blueline, specifications

Lombard, James , 1958-9

Cavin

Arden Hills, MN

pencil on paper

Loring Towers , 1969-70

Grant St & First Ave S

Cavin

Minneapolis, MN

linen, sepia, blueline, paper, blackline

Lynhurst Field , 1963

At Burroughs School

Cavin

Mpls, MN

blueline, pencil on paper

McNally, Miles , 1956, 1967

Summer Residence - boathouse addition

Cavin & Page

Gull Lake, MN

ink on paper, blueline, pencil on paper

Meadowbrook Golf Course , 1962, 1967

House - addition and remodeling

Cavin & Page

n.l.

pencil on paper, blueline

Mears, Dr. B.J. , 1959-60

Residence

Lamm Place

Brooks Cavin

n.l.

pencil on paper

Metcalf, Father George R. , 1959, 1967

Residence, guest house, garage, shed

Indian Trail

Brooks Cavin

Afton, MN

pencil on paper, blueprints

Minneapolis Amphitheatre , 1958-60

Proposed

Cavin & Page

n.l.

pencil on paper, blueline

Minneapolis Club , 1977-81, 1962

Remodeling

729 2nd Ave S

Cavin & Rova

Minneapolis, MN

pencil on paper, blueline, sepia, mylar

Minneapolis General Hospital , 1960-3

Clinical Laboratory

Hyberbaric Research Building

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

pencil on paper, linen, blueline, blackline

Minneapolis Technology Enterprise Center, Inc. , 1984

(Old Marshall U High School)

1313 5th St SE

Cavin & Rova

Minneapolis, MN

blueline, sepia

Minneapolis, City of , 1964, 1966

Paving products & testing laboratory

26th & Hiawatha Ave

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline

Minnesota Outward Bound School , 1964

Cavin & Page

Ely, MN

pencil on paper, blueline, job files

Minnesota State Capitol , 1981-4

Restoration

Cavin

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper, blueline, mylar, sepia

Minnesota State Office Bldg & Historical Bldg , 1980

Exterior Masonry Conservation

[State Office Bldg & Mn. Historical Society Bldg]

Cavin

St Paul, MN

blueline

Moorhead (MN) see Proposed Commerical (etc) ,

Morgan, J.E.P. , 1955

Residence - addition

Cavin

Gem Lake, MN

pencil on paper

Motley School Redevelopment , 1982-3

Proposed

Dartmouth St

Cavin & Rova

Minneapolis, MN

pencil on paper, blackline, blueline

Najarian, Dr. John , 1972

Residence

Glenmount Rd

Cavin

St Croix Cty, [WI?]

linen, pencil on paper

Nelson's Drive-In , 1960

Addition

Wheelock Pkwy & Arcade

Cavin & Page

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper

New Ulm Post Office , 1908, 1957-8

Broadway & Center Streets

U.S. Treasury Dept.

New Ulm, MN

blueline, sepia, blackline

Nicollet Field , 1965

Cavin & Page

Mpls, MN

blueline, pencil on paper, blackline

Niemackl Lake Park , 1975

Chapel Facility

Remodeling

Cavin

Herman, MN

pencil on paper

Nile Cleaners , 1961

Apartment Bldg & laundromat

2545 Chicago Ave S

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

pencil on paper, blueline

Nordlund , 1952

Residence

Cavin

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper

Northeast Athletic Field , 1967-9

Bath house & swimming pools

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline, pencil on paper

Our Merciful Savior Cathedral Church , var. fr 1908

Alt. & Additions to Guild House

Cavin & Rova

Faribault, MN

blueline, xerox, linen, blueprints

Owatonna, City of: Administration Bldg , 1904, 1976

West Hills Campus

Cavin & Rova

Owatonna, MN

pencil on paper, blueline

Owatonna, City of: Carpenter Shop , 1974-5

Remodeling

West Hill Campus

Cavin & Rova

Owatonna, MN

pencil/ink on paper

Owatonna, City of: City Council Chambers , n.d.

West Hills Campus

Cavin

Owatonna, MN

marking pen on paper, sepia

Owatonna, City of: Firemen's Hall , 1976

Cavin & Rova

Owatonna, MN

pencil on paper

Owatonna, City of: Sculpture Court , 1977-8

West Hills Campus

Cavin & Rova

Owatonna, MN

pencil/ink on paper

Paper, Lewis , 1967

Residence

Cavin & Page

1944 Bayard Ave St. Paul, MN

blueline

Proposed Commercial & Civic Area , 1965

Original Townsite Project

Cavin & Page

Moorhead, MN

blackline

Prospect Park Towers , 1971

Cooperative Apartments

Cavin

[Minneapolis, MN?]

blueline, linen, sepia, mylar, paper

Ramsey, Alexander , 1969

Residence - carriage house

Walnut & Exchange Streets

Cavin

St Paul, MN

blueline, xerox, pencil on paper, specs.

Ray, Hilda Blair , 1959

Summer house

Cavin

Little Marais, MN

pencil on paper

Rehfeld, Harold (1) , 1972

Residence

Hwy 13

Cavin

Lilydale, MN

blueline, pencil on paper, linen

Rehfeld, Harold (2) , 1972

Townhouse/Apartments

Cavin

n.l.

pencil on paper, blueline

Reister , 1985-6

Cabin

Cavin & Rova

n.l.

pencil on paper, blueline, mylar

Reny, Georgiana , 1957-8

Residence

Cavin

White Bear, MN

pencil on paper

Roosevelt Homes (Franklin D.) , 1950

E. Maryland & Hazelwood & Ames Ave

Cavin & Bergstedt

St Paul, MN

blueprints, blueline

Saint Paul Central Public Library , 1984

Circulation Center

Cavin & Rova

90 W. 4th Street, St. Paul, MN

blueline

Spring Co. , 1964

Office - additions & alterations

43rd & Sheridan Ave S

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline, blueprints, mylar, paper, specs.

St. Mark Cathedral Church , 1974, 1979-80

Columbarium

519 Oak Grove St

Cavin

Minneapolis, MN

pencil on paper, blueline, linen, blueprints

St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority , 1968

Housing for the Elderly

Minn 1-13; 1743 E Iowa Ave

Cavin

St Paul, MN

blueline, pencil on paper

Steiner , 1980-1

Residence

Cavin

n.l.

mylar, blueline

Stewart, N. , 1975

Residence

Cavin

Edina, MN

blueline, pencil on paper

Stewart, Norman , 1965

Bathroom remodling

4533 Fremont Ave So

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline, pencil on paper

Stone Laboratories , 1981

419-21 29th Ave SE

Cavin & Rova

Minneapolis, MN

blackline, mylar

Swanson, Earl , 1973

Residence

Cavin

Bayport, MN

linen, sepia, pencil on paper

Trinity Lutheran Church , 1960

40th & 41st Ave S at 28th Street

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

pencil on paper

Unidentified Projects , n.d.

[ Varies ]

Brooks Cavin [?]

n.l.

varies

UNIVAC Plant , n.d.

Phase Two

Cavin

Egan Township

pencil on paper, photostats, blueline

University of Minnesota - Campus Club , 1952, 57-8

in Coffman Memorial Union

Cavin

Minneapolis, MN

pencil on paper

University of Minnesota - Coffman Union , 1958

Coffman Memorial Union - alterations

Cavin; C.H. Johnston, [jr]

Minneapolis, MN

pencil on paper

University of Minnesota - Duluth:Dormitories , 1976

Cavin

Duluth, MN

pencil on paper, blueline

University of Minnesota - Elliot Hall , 1964

Rehabilitation & Remodeling

Cavin

Minneapolis, MN

blueline

University of Minnesota Hospitals: Elliot Hall , 1958, 1964

Remodeling

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline, blueprints

University of Minnesota Hospitals: Memorial Chapel , 1963-5

Merlin L. Pligh Memorial Chapel

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline, pencil on paper

University of Minnesota Hospitals: Todd Hall , 1963-4

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline

University of Minnesota: Jackson Hall , 1963

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline

University of Minnesota: President's Residence , 1969

(formerly Edward Brooks Residence)

["Eastcliffe"], 176 Mississippi River Road

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline

University of MN Hospitals: Maternity & Nursing , 1965

Rehabilition & remodeling

Cavin & Page

Minneapolis, MN

blueline

Veterans Service Building , 1947-1962

State Veterans Service Building Commission

State of Minnesota, Department of Administration

Brooks Cavin

St Paul, MN

mylar, vellum

Veterans Service Building - addition , 1971-2

State Veterans Service Building Commission

State of Minnesota, Department of Administration

Brooks Cavin

St Paul, MN

mylar, vellum

Veterans Service Building - west tunnel , 1959

West tunnel extension

State of Minnesota, Department of Administration

Brooks Cavin

St Paul, MN

blueprints

Victoria Primary School , 1957

N. Victoria & W Iowa St

Cavin

St Paul, MN

pencil on paper, blueprints, linen

Wainright Building , n.d.

Competition

Brooks Cavin

St. Louis, MO

ink on paper, sepia

Waldref, Jerome , 1954-5

Residence

Brooks Cavin

Clear Lake, MN

pencil on paper

Wheelock Primary School , 1962

Wheelock Parkway & Edgerton

Cavin & Page

St Paul, MN

blueline

Wilk, Roger , 1961-2

Residence

Cavin & Page

mylar, blueline, blackline, pencil on paper

Windhorst, J. , 1952-54

Residence

4907 Lakeview Drive

Brooks Cavin

Edina, MN

pencil on paper

Job Files Brooks Jr., Edward

Residence

Job Files

Brown County Historical Museum

New Ulm, MN

Job Files, specifications

Camilia Rose

Housing for the Elderly

Coon Rapids, MN

Job Files

Capital Centre

Project

St. Paul, MN

Job Files

Carriage House

Remodeling