Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Carl Max Lindner, Sr. Architectural drawings and plans, 1923-1952. Cite specific accession. Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Carl Max Lindner, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, 4 November 2004 (Accession 41527); Gift of Carl Max Lindner, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, 22 August 2005 (Accession 42255).

Gift of William A. Royall and Pamela Kiecker, Richmond, Virginia, 19 October 2009 (Accession 44576).

Biographical/Historical Information

Carl Max Lindner, Sr. (1895-1973), a Richmond, Virginia, native, learned the architectural profession while working for his uncle, Carl Ruehrmund. A graduate of Richmond's Virginia Mechanical Institute, Lindner began private practice around 1919. Most notably associated with Charles H. Phillips in the early 1920s, Lindner also partnered with Bascom J. Rowlett and Ivan Alten. On a number of commissions, Lindner and Phillips are listed as architects and contractors, a consequence of their being involved in a number of speculative projects.

As an architect, Carl M. Lindner practiced in a number of styles including Art Deco, Tudor, Colonial Revival, Cotswold, and California Mission. A few of Lindner's notable commissions are the Lord Fairfax Apartments (1923), 3117-3133 Monument Avenue (all 1928), and 306 East Grace Street (1928).

Scope and Content

Accession 41527 consists of five sets of architectural drawings by Richmond, Virginia, architect Carl M. Lindner, Sr. Four of the commissions were executed by Lindner; the fifth set depicting the rebuilt Governor's Palace at Williamsburg is by the Boston firm of Perry, Shaw & Hepburn. These blueprint copies are a reference work that Lindner held in his office. The four projects by Lindner include residences for Dr. Randolph Elam, a dentist, in Hampton Gardens, Virginia; Mrs. John T. Wilson, Richmond; Mr. Leon L. Strause, Richmond; and alterations to a Sunday School building for St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church (now St. John's United Church of Christ), Richmond.

Accession 42255 consists of eleven sets of architectural drawings by Lindner. The projects include drawings for Mr. Philip Strause, Westover Road, Richmond, Virginia; Mr. Morton G. Thalhimer, Monument Avenue, Richmond; nine residences on Monument Avenue, Richmond; Mr. Herbert Hill, Hampton Garden, Virginia; Mrs. C. M. Lindner, Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lindner, Westham, Virginia; Mr. A. L. McClellan, Hampton Gardens; Mr. M. D. Nunnally, Jr., Windsor Farms, Virginia; Ms. M. M. Kratz, Richmond; Mr. Carl M. Lindner, Grove Avenue, Richmond; Mr. C. A. Baylor, Hampton Gardens.

Accession 44576 consists of seven sheets of architectural drawings and specifications (52 leaves) for the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Hummel, Hill Crest by the James, Westhampton [Richmond], Virginia. Also included are 4 landscape architectural drawings of the gardens by Charles F. Gillette. Also available on CD #195 and in photocopy format.

Arrangement

Chronological.