F. E. and Oscar Ruffini: An Inventory of the Ruffini Collection at the Texas State Archives, [ca. 1877]-1937, undated (bulk 1883-1912, undated)


Overview
	Creator:	Ruffini, F. E. (Frederick Ernst), 1851-1885.
	Title:	Ruffini Collection
	Dates:	[ca. 1877]-1937, undated
	Dates:	(bulk 1883-1912, undated)
	Abstract:	This collection consists of architectural drawings, specifications, correspondence, photographs, printed material, legal documents, financial records, and an ink stamp, dating circa 1877-1937, undated (bulk 1883-1912, undated), belonging to F. E. (Frederick Ernst) and Oscar Ruffini, brothers who were architects in Austin and San Angelo, Texas. F. E. Ruffini practiced in Austin from 1877 until his death in 1885. Oscar Ruffini began working in San Angelo in 1884 and had retired by the time he died in 1957.
	Quantity:	1.65 cubic ft., 626 architectural drawings, 21 prints and photographs, 1 artifact
	Language	English.
	Repository:

Biographical Sketches

F. E. (Frederick Ernst) Ruffini

F. E. (Frederick Ernst) Ruffini, an architect based in Austin, Texas, was born in 1851 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents, Ernst Frederick Ruffini and Adelheit (Adelaide) Riehme, immigrated from Kamenz, Germany to Chicago in 1848 and then settled in Cleveland. Ruffini was apprenticed to an architect in Cleveland and worked in Indianapolis, New York, Boston, and Chicago before moving to Austin, Texas in 1877. He entered into a partnership with Jasper N. Preston which lasted two years; he then worked on his own. Ruffini designed courthouses and jails, commercial and public buildings, and residences which were built throughout Texas. Extant examples of Ruffini's designs throughout Texas include the Old Blanco County Courthouse in Blanco, the Collin County Jail in McKinney, and the Millett Opera House (now the Austin Club) in Austin. His best known works in Austin (no longer standing) included the Hancock Building and the Old Main Building at the University of Texas. The west wing was the only portion of the Main Building that was completed before Ruffini died in Austin in November 1885. He was married to Elise (Lizzie) Weitz who died a month before he did. They were survived by three children.

Although the Ruffini brothers are sometimes identified as Italians, culturally they were Germans. Italian ancestors had emigrated to Kamenz, in what is now Germany, about five hundred years before the brothers were born.

Oscar Ruffini

Oscar Ruffini, an architect based in San Angelo, Texas, was born on August 10, 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio. Like his brother F. E., Oscar Ruffini was apprenticed to an architect in Cleveland as a teen, and from 1875 to 1877 he apparently worked for architect George W. Rapp in Cincinnati. He spent time in Austin, Texas working for his brother as a draftsman in the late 1870s and may have spent some time between 1878 and 1880 in France. He developed a partnership in Evansville, Indiana with Levi S. Clark, a carpenter, and worked for Francis D. Lee in St. Louis, learning about contemporary engineering techniques. He worked for his brother again in 1883, taking a break to work in Detroit for six months as a draftsman for Elijah E. Myers, designer of the Texas State Capitol. Ruffini returned to Austin and his brother's office, working as a draftsman and supervisor on projects including the main building of the University of Texas. By 1884 he had moved to San Angelo to oversee construction of the Tom Green County courthouse. He designed a variety of buildings in San Angelo and West Texas including courthouses, commercial and public buildings, residences, and churches. Ruffini helped organize the San Angelo Turnverein and the local Sons of Hermann lodge. He never married. Ruffini died in San Angelo on January 18, 1957.

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Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection consists of architectural drawings, specifications, correspondence, photographs, printed material, legal documents, financial records, an ink stamp, and other materials dating circa 1877-1937, and undated (bulk 1883-1912, undated), belonging to F. E. (Frederick Ernst) and Oscar Ruffini, brothers who were architects based in Austin and San Angelo, Texas. The bulk of the specifications and correspondence was written or received by F. E. Ruffini between 1883 and 1885. Most of the drawings are by Oscar Ruffini, with the bulk dating between 1884 and 1912. Projects for which specifications and/or drawings or other materials exist are county courthouses and jails, residences, schools, commercial and public buildings, and churches in Central and West Texas, including Austin, Ballinger, Blanco, Burnet, Coleman, Georgetown, Goldthwaite, New Braunfels, Ozona, San Angelo, Sonora, Sterling City, and Taylor. Some drawings and one specification by other architects from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are included in this collection.

According to Susan Dickey's dissertation on the Ruffini brothers, most of F. E. Ruffini's pre-1883 business records were apparently destroyed when the Hancock Building (where his office was located) burned in 1883.

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Organization of the Records
	These records are organized into five series:

		Specifications and related project records, 1879, 1882-1885, 1893, 1902, undated (bulk 1883-1885, undated), 1.55 cubic ft.
		Architectural drawings, [ca. 1878]-1912, 1924, 1932, undated (bulk [ca. 1880]-1912, undated), 626 drawings
		Prints and photographs, [ca. 1877]-1902, 21 images
		Correspondence, 1883-1885, [188-?], 1899, 0.1 cubic ft.
		Other material, 1883-1885, [188-?], 1898, 1901, 1937, undated, fractional, 1 artifact

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

None.

Restrictions on Use

Under the Copyright Law of 1996 as amended in 1998, unpublished manuscripts are protected at a minimum through December 31, 2002 or 70 years after the author's death. Researchers are responsible for complying with the Copyright Law.

Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.

Architectural drawings larger than 22 inches-by-17 inches may not be photocopied. Drawings with large tears may not be photocopied.

Technical Requirements

None.

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Index Terms
	The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
	Personal Names:
		Ruffini, Oscar, 1858-1957.
		Kane, J. J.
		Moore, Stewart.
		Trester, B. F. (Benjamin F.)
		Wahrenberger, James, 1855-1929.
	Corporate Names:
		Barnes & Crosby.
	Subjects:
		Architecture, Modern--19th century--Texas.
		Courthouses--Texas.
		Jails--Texas.
		Architecture, Modern--20th century--Texas.
		Architecture--Specifications--Texas.
		Architecture--Texas--Designs and plans.
		Public architecture--Texas.
		Public buildings--Texas.
		Architects--Texas.
		German American architects--Texas.
		Architecture, Domestic--Texas--Designs and plans.
		Church architecture--Texas.
		Commercial buildings--Texas.
		School facilities--Texas.
		Universities and colleges--Texas--Buildings.
	Places:
		Austin (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
		San Angelo (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
		Texas, West--Buildings, structures, etc.
		Texas Hill Country (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
	Document Types:
		Architecural drawings--Texas--Modern architecture--1877-1937.
		Specifications--Texas--Modern architecture--1877-1937.
		Correspondence--Texas--Modern architecture--1877-1937.
		Photographs--Texas--Modern architecture--1877-1937.
		Legal documents--Texas--Modern architecture--1877-1937.
		Financial records--Texas--Modern architecture--1877-1937.

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Related Material


	The following materials are offered as possible sources of further information on the subjects covered. The listing is not exhaustive.
	Prints & Photographs Collection, Texas State Archives
		William Elton Green Collection, [19--?], 2 copy photographs [Photos are of buildings in San Angelo designed by Oscar Ruffini.]
		Corsicana, Tex. Navarro County Courthouse [call # 1990/169-1] [copy photograph; original located at the Navarro County Historical Society]
	Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas at Austin
		Research is by appointment only, call 512-495-4621.
		F. E. and Oscar Ruffini Collection [Includes specifications, letterpress copybooks, photographs, and drawings.]
	Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
		F.E. Ruffini Specifications, 1882, 1 item [For west wing of main building at the University of Texas.]
	Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, Archives & Library, San Angelo, Texas
		Oscar Ruffini Papers, 1856-1963, more than 16 linear ft. [includes letterpress copybooks, scrapbooks, specifications, and drawings]
	Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
		Oscar Ruffini Papers, 1883-1942, 10 reels negative microfilm [Microfilmed from holdings of the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, San Angelo, Texas. Includes personal and business correspondence, architectural specifications, and volunteer fire fighters' records.]
	Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas
		Frederick Ernst Ruffini, 1851-1885 (biography file), AF-Biography file.
	Ernst F. Ruffini, Phoenix, Arizona
		This entry is based on information provided in Susan Dickey's 1993 dissertation on the Ruffini brothers. Attempts to contact Ruffini in 2001 were unsuccessful.
		Ernst F. Ruffini Personal Papers, 1873-1990 [includes letters from F. E. Ruffini to his wife beginning in 1878]
	Publications
		Chubb, Curtis Evans. Biography of the Old Blanco County Courthouse. San Antonio, Tex. : Burke Pub. Co., 1999.
		Prestiano, Robert. "Oscar Ruffini: the early years. " Fort Concho Report, 16 (Summer 1984) : 3-23.
		Dickey, Susan Jean. F.E. and Oscar Ruffini: Texas architects, 1877-1917. (Doctoral dissertation, Texas Tech University, 1993).
		Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Pioneer Texas architects: F.E. and Oscar Ruffini, 1870-1917, web exhibit.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item and cite the series), Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1961/001, 1964/164

These papers were donated to the Texas State Archives by Elise Ruffini, daughter of F. E. Ruffini, in August and September 1961 and on April 28, 1965.

Processing Information

Initial inventory, 1961

Jean Carefoot, [between 1970 and 1973?] [manuscripts only]

Bill Green, [between 1975 and 1980?] [drawings only]

Eve Collier, May 1982

John Anderson, October 1984 [photographs only]

Tad Hershorn, December 1998 [drawings only]

Tonia J. Wood, April 2002

Other Formats for the Records

Copy negatives (4 inches-by-5 inches) have been made of some of the architectural drawings. See the Photo Archivist to determine which drawings are available as copy negatives or to determine alternate methods of reproduction.

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Detailed Description of the Records

Specifications and related project records, 1879, 1882-1885, 1893, 1902, undated (bulk 1883-1885, undated),
1.55 cubic ft.

Materials are mainly specifications, some of which were copied into a letterpress copybook that also contains contracts, reports, bills, statements, a patent, and letters, of F. E. and Oscar Ruffini, brothers who were architects in Austin and San Angelo, Texas. These are records of projects dating from 1879, 1882 to 1885, 1893, 1902, and undated (bulk 1883-1885, undated). An undated specification for a school building in Sonora, Texas by architect James Wahrenberger and a patent for locomotive headlights by John McCormick are also included. Specifications and related records are present for buildings at the University of Texas (Main Building, Laboratory, Latrine), the state insane asylum, county courthouses and jails, residences, store buildings, bank buildings, and school houses. Specifications are detailed and exact statements prescribing materials, dimensions, and workmanship for building structures. The letterpress copybook was kept by F. E. Ruffini from 1883 to 1884 and contains specifications and related records for projects numbered 209 through 269 (not inclusive), with some unnumbered projects. Some of the loose specifications duplicate those in the letterpress copybook; loose specifications cover projects numbered 134 through 307 (not inclusive). Most of F. E. Ruffini's projects were numbered. Oscar Ruffini's specifications date from 1893 and 1902 with most undated; only the earliest project is numbered. Locations of buildings referred to in these specifications include Austin, Baird, Blanco, Burnet, Georgetown, Gonzales, Menardville, New Braunfels, Paint Rock, Quitman, Richmond, Rockdale, Runnels, San Angelo, Sonora, and Taylor, Texas. Researchers should check the other series in this collection for additional materials relating to a building. Other specifications by F. E. and Oscar Ruffini are available at the Alexander Architectural Archive at the University of Texas at Austin and at the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark in San Angelo.

Arrangement

Materials are grouped by architect: for F. E. Ruffini materials are then divided between letterpress copybook and loose specifications; for each architect, materials are then arranged numerically by page number or project number, somewhat chronologically. Specifications with no project number or date are arranged by location, then building type.

Related Material

The following materials are offered as possible sources of further information on the subjects covered by the collection. The listing is not exhaustive.

Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas at Austin

F. E. and Oscar Ruffini Collection [Includes specifications, letterpress copybooks, photographs, and drawings.]

Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, Archives & Library, San Angelo, Texas

Oscar Ruffini Papers, 1856-1963, more than 16 linear ft. [includes letterpress copybooks, scrapbooks, specifications, and drawings]

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Specifications and related project records, Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Processed by

Jean Carefoot, [between 1970 and 1973?]

Eve Collier, May 1982

Tonia J. Wood, October 2001

F. E. Ruffini

Box

1961/001-20

Letterpress copybook
[In the 1970s, the volume was debound and pages were laminated.]:

Index

Specification, Insane Asylum, west wing addition to main building and addition to laundry, Austin, Texas, #209, pp. 1-10, [1883?]

Report on proposed water tower in Georgetown, Texas and letters to contractors of Robinson dwelling, Austin, Texas and Main Building, University of Texas, Austin, pp. 11-21, July 1883

[A duplicate of the water tower report appears on pp. 145-147 and provides a more legible copy of the last two pages (both had been copied onto page 12).]

Specification, A. Giesen dwelling, Austin, Texas, #213, pp. 22-33, April 1883

Contract, Insane Asylum, pp. 34-40, [1883?]

Specification, Ernst Scherff store building, New Braunfels, Texas, #220, pp. 41-46, [1883]
[draft?]

Specification, Ernst Scherff brick store building, New Braunfels, Texas, #220, pp. 47-71, 1883

Specification, Taylor Hardware Company brick store building, Taylor, Texas, #224, pp. 72-88, June 1883

Specification and contract, W. L. Mann dwelling, Georgetown, Texas, #225, pp. 89-109, June 1883

Contract, Ernst Scherff brick store building, pp. 110-112, June 20, 1883

Specification, First National Bank building, Taylor, Texas, #223, pp. 113-135, 1883

Specification, Wood County courthouse, Quitman, Texas, #226, pp. 136-144, [1883?]

Report on proposed water tower in Georgetown, Texas, pp. 145-147, July 5, 1883

[Duplicate of report on pp. 11-12, which has the last two pages both copied onto page 12.]

Specification, [courthouse?], pp. 148-164, [1883?]

[Missing first 8 pages of specification.]

Specification, City hall & school building, Rockdale, Texas, #227, pp. 170-189, [1883?]

Specification, Jacob Bickler, A. M., school building, Austin, Texas, #228, pp. 190-200, [1883?]

Specification, Reconstruction and completion of Hancock Building, Austin, Texas, #232, pp. 201-238, [1883?]

Specification, C. W. Daniel dwelling, Austin, Texas, #223[?], pp. 240-256, September 1883

Specification, E. Westin brick store building, Austin, Texas, #229, pp. 257-270, 1883

Specification, Laboratory building, University of Texas, Austin, #236, pp. 271-316, October 1883

Contract, Laboratory building, University of Texas, pp. 317-325, 1883

Box

1961/001-21

Specification, Alfred Smith dwelling, Austin, Texas, #238, pp. 326-337, [1883?]

Specification, Water supply, plumbing and sewerage, West wing, Main Building, University of Texas, Austin, #237, pp. 338-351, October 18, 1883

Specification, R. Bertram brick store building, Austin, Texas, #235, pp. 352-367, [1883?]

Letter to contractor of Alf Smith dwelling, p. 368, November 8, 1883

Specification, Latrine building, University of Texas, Austin, #240, pp. 370-384, November 10, 1883

Specification, C. W. Barnes dwelling, Austin, Texas, #239, pp. 385-403, [1883?]

[Drawings by F. E. Ruffini for the C. W. Barnes house are available at the Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas at Austin.]

Specification, Geo. W. Brackenridge store and office building, Austin, Texas, pp. 404-417, [1883?]

Statements, E. Westin store, pp. 418-419, January 30, 1884

Specification, frame dwelling, Georgetown, Texas, [#24-?], pp. 420-427, February 1884

Statement of conditions, C. W. Daniel dwelling, pp. 428-429, January 30, 1884

Contract and specification, Chas. Koch brick store building, Austin, Texas, [no project number], pp. 430-433, January 31, 1884

Completion certification, E. Westin store, p. 434, February 1884

Specification, Runnels County jail and sheriff's residence, Runnels, Texas[?], [#24-?], pp. 435-450, [1884?]

Specification, Lewis Hancock office and store building, Austin, Texas, [no project number], pp. 452-477, February 1884

Patent, John Robert McCormick re: locomotive headlights, pp. 478-489, [1884?]

Specification, Mrs. Coggeshall dwelling, Austin, Texas, [no project number], pp. 490-506, January 1884

[Drawings by F. E. Ruffini for Mrs. Coggeshall's dwelling are available at the Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas at Austin.]

Specification, Mrs. R. Fisher dwelling, Austin, Texas, [no project number], pp. 508-521, March 1884

Lumber bills, pp. 522-526, March 1884

Specification, New Braunfels Water Works, New Braunfels, Texas, #244, pp. 527-532, March 1884

Specification, C. H. Morehouse dwelling, Austin, Texas, #252, pp. 534-552, March 1884

[Drawings by F. E. Ruffini for the C. M. Morehouse house are available at the Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas at Austin.]

Specification, Mr. Pryor dwelling, Austin, Texas, J. H. Barry contractor, [#255?], pp. 554-565, March 1884

Specification, St. Mary's Academy, Austin, Texas, #253, pp. 567-601, March 1884

[See the Architectural drawings series for two drawings. Other drawings by F. E. Ruffini for St. Mary's Academy in Austin are available at the Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas at Austin.]

Bill for millwork, St. Mary's Academy, pp. 605-609, 1884

Specification, H. Hirshfeld dwelling, Austin, Texas, #258, pp. 610-619, [1884?]

Specification, Burnet County Jail?, #25[7], Burnet, Texas, pp. 621-661, [1884?]

Specification, City stables, Austin, Texas, [#26-?], pp. 662-669, [1884?]

Specification, [county jail?], [no project number], pp. 671-683, [1884?]

[Starts with page 29 of the specification.]

Specification, Mrs. [S?] Loomis dwelling, Austin, Texas, #261, pp. 684-710, May 1884

Specification, Store building to be built by Jas. B. Barron for one of the heirs of the S. B. Brush estate, Austin, Texas, #262, pp. 711-738, June 1884

Addenda to specification, Burnet County Jail, pp. 739-749, [1884?]

Report to Board of Regents re: Main Building, University of Texas, pp. 750-752, June 1884

Specification, Joseph Fischer dwelling, Austin, Texas, #269, pp. 754-759, [1884?]

Bill of exceptions and report, Burnet County Jail, pp. 760-767, [October 20, 1884?]

Specification, Benj. H. Smith dwelling, Austin, Texas, [#3--?], pp. 768-776, [April 1885?]

Box

1961/001-22

Loose specifications:

Specification for store and office building for Mess. John and Lewis Hancock, Austin, Texas, #134, August 7, 1879

Specification for the erection and completion of a Masonic Temple for Lone Star Chapter No. 6, A.F & A.M. at Austin, Texas, #191, June 20, 1882

[Drawings by F. E. Ruffini for a Masonic Lodge in Austin are available at the Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas at Austin.]

Specification for a dwelling house for T. M. Harwood at Gonzales, Texas, #199, January 1883

[Pencilled notations show specification was also used for S. D. Harlan dwelling in Austin, Texas, project #307]

Specification for the erection and completion of a dwelling house for Dr. Chas. G. Jones at Austin, Texas, #200, January 1883

Specification, frame dwelling house for Hugh Lewis, Gonzales, Texas, #202, 1883

Specification for a stable, out buildings, cisterns, fences, etc. to a residence for C. G. Jones at Austin, Texas, #208, [1883]

Specification for an office building for John H. Robinson at Austin, Texas, #210, 1883

Specification for the erection and completion of a dwelling house for A. Giesen, Austin, Texas, #213, April 1883

[The year 1885 is pencilled over 1883.]

Specification for the erection and completion of a brick store building for Ernst Scherff at New Braunfels, Texas, #220, June 1883

Specification for the erection and completion of a dwelling house for C. W. Daniel at Austin, Texas, #223, September 1883

Specification for the erection and completion of a brick store building for E. Westin on Congress Ave., Austin, Texas, #229, 1883

Specification for the re-construction and completion of the Hancock Building on Pecan Street for Mess. John & Lewis Hancock at Austin, Texas, #232, [1883?]

Specification for additions and alterations to dwelling houses for Mr. Alfred Smith, Jr. at Austin, Texas, #238, October 25, 1883

Specification for the erection and completion of a dwelling house for C. W. Barnes, Austin, Texas, #239, [1883?]

Specification for the erection and completion of a Latrine Building for the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, #240, November 10, 1883

Specification for the erection and completion of a store building for Lewis Hancock on Congress Ave., Austin, Texas, #241, February 1884

Specification for the erection and completion of a dwelling house for Mrs. H. Coggeshall in Austin, Texas, #249, January 1884

Specification for the erection and completion of a sheriff's office and county jail for Burnet County at Burnet, Texas, #257, May 9, 1884
[2 copies in 2 folders]

Specification for the erection and completion of a court house for Blanco County to be built at Blanco, Texas, #303, February 12, 1885

Specifications for a court house for Concho County at Paint Rock, Texas, #305 [should be #308?], [written by Oscar Ruffini] October 10, 1885

[It appears the specification was originally written for the Callahan County court house at Baird, Texas by F. E. Ruffini, who assigned it project #305.]

Specification, Fort Bend County Courthouse at Richmond, Texas, #305 [copied from Concho/Callahan court house specification?], undated
[not complete]

Specification for the erection and completion of a frame dwelling house for S. D. Harlan at Austin, Texas, #307, April 1885

[See specification for a dwelling house for T. M. Harwood at Gonzales, Texas, #199, January 1883.]

Oscar Ruffini

Box

1961/001-23

Specifications:

Hotel building for E. A. Nimitz, San Angelo, Texas, #271, May 1893

Store building for Oscar Ruffini, San Angelo, Texas, [ca. 1898]

Plumbing and alterations, M. C. Ragsdale buildings, San Angelo, Texas, undated

Store building for Mrs. J. G. Murphy and Dr. John Abe March, San Angelo, Texas, undated

Power house for San Angelo Water Works Co., undated

Bank building for San Angelo Improved Realty Co., undated

Sidewalk for San Angelo Realty Co., undated

Cement floor, San Angelo Realty Co., undated

Bank building for Russell & Bevans, Menardville, Texas, April 1902

James Wahrenberger

Box

1961/001-23

Specification, Two-story school house, Sonora, Texas, undated

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Architectural drawings, [ca. 1878]-1912, 1924, 1932, undated (bulk [ca. 1880]-1912, undated),
626 drawings

The series consists of architectural drawings, including renderings (some watercolors), floor plans, elevations, sections, details, and rough sketches circa 1878-1912, 1924, 1932 and undated (bulk circa 1880-1912, undated) created by F. E. and Oscar Ruffini, brothers who were architects in Austin and San Angelo, Texas. A few drawings by other architects ( J. J. Kane of Fort Worth, Texas; Stewart Moore and Barnes & Crosby of Dallas, Texas; B. F. Trester, Jr.and James Wahrenberger of San Antonio, Texas; Mesker and Bro. Front Builders of St. Louis, Missouri; and B. Mang[elsen?] of Germany) are also included. In addition, there are drawings for which the architect is unknown; the Ruffini brothers are likely the creators for many of these drawings, but no identifying information has been located. F. E.'s drawings consist of plans for courthouses, school buildings, jails, piping for the Temporary State Capitol, insane asylum building additions, and commercial buildings. These designs were built in Austin, Rockdale, Burnet, Blanco, San Marcos, and Franklin. Most of F. E.'s drawings are undated, but projects with known dates were designed or built between 1878 and 1885. Other architectural drawings by F. E. Ruffini are available at the Alexander Architectural Archive at the University of Texas at Austin. Oscar's drawings are of commercial buildings, courthouses, jails, churches, residences, banks, schools, hotels, cultural buildings, and a bridge. The designs represented here were built in San Angelo, Ballinger, Coleman, Goldthwaite, Menard County, Ozona, Sonora, and Sterling City. Many of his drawings are undated, but known dates range from before 1883 to 1924. Other architectural drawings by Oscar Ruffini are available at the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark in San Angelo, Texas. Researchers should check the other series in this collection for related materials.

From the extant drawings and photographs, it appears F. E. Ruffini used a few basic courthouse plans, and then made each building distinctive by details such as stonework, window treatment, and roof line. The Gregg and Rusk county courthouses differ only in details. The Robertson, Navarro, Williamson, and Hays county courthouses are based on one plan, though the Navarro County Courthouse appears more elaborate and was designed with a central clock tower instead of one over the front entrance. The Blanco, Callahan, and Concho county courthouses designed by F. E. Ruffini are similar; Oscar Ruffini used those plans in designing the Mills and Sutton county courthouses. Oscar used his brother's designs as the basis for proposed courthouse plans that were not built.

Organization

These records are organized into four subseries:

F. E. Ruffini's drawings, [ca. 1878]-1885, undated, 105 drawings

Oscar Ruffini's drawings, [not after 1883], 1884-1912, 1924, undated (bulk 1884-1911), 493 drawings

Drawings by other architects, [ca. 1890], 1932, undated, 36 drawings

Drawings by unknown architects, undated, 12 drawings

Restrictions on Access

None.

Restrictions on Use

Architectural drawings larger than 22 inches-by-17 inches may not be photocopied. Drawings with large tears may not be photocopied.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Architectural drawings, Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Processed by

Initial inventory, 1961

Bill Green, [between 1975 and 1980?]

Tad Hershorn, December 1998

Tonia J. Wood, April 2002

F. E. Ruffini's drawings, [ca. 1878]-1885, undated,
105 drawings

Architectural drawings by F. E. Ruffini, circa 1878-1885, and undated, consist of plans for courthouses, a city hall, school buildings, jails, piping for the Temporary State Capitol, insane asylum building additions, and commercial buildings. These designs were built in Austin; Blanco; Burnet; Franklin; Longview[?]; Rockdale; San Marcos; Paint Rock, Baird and/or Richmond; McKinney, New Braunfels, and/or Franklin; and unknown. One set of drawings was probably entered in the competition for the Bell County Courthouse. Most of F. E.'s drawings are undated, but projects with known dates were designed or built between 1878 and 1885. Other architectural drawings by F. E. Ruffini are available at the Alexander Architectural Archive at the University of Texas at Austin.

After F. E. Ruffini's death, Oscar took his brother's drawings and papers to San Angelo. A number of F.E.'s drawings were submitted by Oscar for new projects, annotated, revised, or the reverse side was used for new designs. Drawings with F.E.'s name still visible despite being washed off or erased and replaced with Oscar's name are included in this subseries.

Arrangement

Drawings are divided between those with project numbers and those with no project numbers.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), F. E. Ruffini's drawings, Architectural drawings, Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Drawings with project numbers

Arranged numerically by project number.

#134, Hancock Building, Austin, Texas, [1880?]:

[Details differ between the two drawings. The second drawing could date from the reconstruction of the building in 1883 (project #232).]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-24

Front elevation
[linen; 53 cm x 69 cm]

1961/001-25

Front elevation, elevation of angle
[linen; 48 cm x 73 cm]

[#209], Insane asylum buildings, Austin, Texas, [1883?]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-26

General plan, sketch for location of kitchen
[paper; 47 cm x 60 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-27

Plan of first floor
[linen; 75 cm x 98 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-28

Plans of addition to present buildings including kitchen and wards: basement, first, second, and third floors
[paper; 56.5 cm x 76.5 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-29

First and second floors, front and end elevations [laundry?]
[paper; 47 cm x 60 cm]

1961/001-30

[Rough sketch, side elevation with chimney]
[linen; 47 cm x 59.5 cm]

1961/001-31

[Rough sketch, side elevation]
[linen; 48 cm x 67 cm]

1961/001-32

[Rough sketch, front or end elevation with pediment]
[linen; 48 cm x 67 cm]

1961/001-33

[Rough sketch, cross section]
[linen; 48 cm x 67 cm]

#227, City hall and school building, Rockdale, Texas, [1883]:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-34

Foundation
[linen; 48 cm x 49 cm]

1961/001-35

First floor
[linen; 48 cm x 49 cm]

1961/001-36

Second floor
[linen; 48 cm x 49 cm]

1961/001-37

Front elevation (south)
[linen; 48 cm x 49 cm]

1961/001-38

Front elevation (west)
[linen; 48 cm x 49 cm]

1961/001-39

Transverse section
[linen; 48 cm x 53 cm]

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-40

Full-sized details (2 sides of paper)
[paper; 76.5 cm x 123 cm]

[#236], Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, 1883:

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-41

[Front elevation]
[paper; 30 cm x 67 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-42

Full-sized details
[paper; 69.5 cm x 118 cm]

#253, [St. Mary's Academy], Austin, Texas, [1883]:

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-43

South elevation
[paper; 43 cm x 63 cm]

1961/001-44

Oblique perspective
[pencil and ink on paper; 56 cm x 66 cm]

#254, Unidentified building [boiler room?], [location unknown], undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-45

Front elevation, section A&B
[paper; 39 cm x 56 cm]

1961/001-46

Ground floor
[paper; 339 cm x 40.5 cm]

1961/001-47

Foundation, ground floor
[paper; 39 cm x 67 cm]

#257, Burnet County Jail, Burnet, Texas, 1884:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-48

Foundation
[linen; 46.5 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-49

First floor
[linen; 46.5 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-50

Second floor
[linen; 46.5 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-51

Front elevation
[linen; 46.5 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-52

Side elevation
[linen; 46.5 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-53

Transverse section, C&D
[linen; 46.5 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-54

Longitudinal section, A&B
[linen; 46.5 cm x 61 cm]

#303, Blanco County Courthouse, Blanco, Texas, [1885?]:

[Copy media available for 1961/001-55 thru 65: rollfilm copy negatives & contact sheets (call # 1987/143), and large format (~8 in. x 10 in.) litho negatives (call # 1992/23-12)]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-55

Foundation
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-56

First floor
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-57

Second floor
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-58

Roof
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-59

North elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-60

West elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-61

South elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-62

Longitudinal section
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-63

Details of galvanized iron work
[linen; 61.5 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-64

Details of carpenter work
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-65

Details of cutstone work
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-66

[Blanco?] county courthouse, oblique perpective, watercolor rendering, [1885 on facade]
[paper; 67 cm x 82 cm]

#305, [Concho or Callahan County Courthouse], [1885]:

[In the Specifications and related project records series, #305 is used for the Callahan, Concho, and Fort Bend county courthouses (assigned first to the Callahan project).]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-67

Longitudinal section, A&B (Drawing #8 in original numbering)
[linen; 60.5 cm x 73 cm]

1961/001-68

Details of carpentry work (Drawing #10 in original numbering)
[linen; 60.5 cm x 73 cm]

#308, [Concho, Callahan, or Fort Bend County Courthouse], [between 1885 and 1887]:

[In the Specifications and related project records series, #308 is not listed, though the Callahan, Concho, or Fort Bend project was likely renumbered. Drawing #4 in the original sequence is missing. Drawings signed O. Ruffini, Austin, Texas; completed after the death of F. E. Ruffini?]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-69

Foundation
[linen; 60 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-70

First floor
[linen; 60 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-71

Second floor
[linen; 60 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-72

Front elevation [north scratched out and south penciled in], [1887 on facade (originally 1885 or 1886?)]
[linen; 60 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-73

Side elevation, west [east added in pencil]
[linen; 55 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-74

Rear elevation [south scratched out and north penciled in],
[linen; 55 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-75

Longitudinal section, A&B
[linen; 60 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-76

Details of brick work
[linen; 60 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-77

Details of carpenter work
[linen; 60 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-78

Details of galvanized iron work
[linen; 60 cm x 71 cm]

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-573

[Callahan, Concho, or Fort Bend County Courthouse?], rendering of front elevation, [competition drawing?], [1886 on facade]
[paper; 63.5 cm x 74.5 cm]

Drawings with no project numbers

Arranged by building type, with known buildings first followed by unidentified buildings.

Courthouses

[Gregg County?] courthouse, [ca. 1878?]:

[All details except the tower match the Gregg County courthouse. Compare with photographs 1961/001-3 and 13 in the Prints and photographs series.]

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-79

First floor
[paper; 50 cm x 65 cm]

1961/001-80

Second floor
[paper; 50 cm x 65 cm]

1961/001-81

Third floor
[paper; 50.5 cm x 65 cm]

[On the reverse side is a pencil drawing of west elevation, possibly for Menard County Courthouse, likely by Oscar Ruffini.]

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-82

Front elevation
[paper; 64.5 cm x 66 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-83

Side elevation
[paper; 50.5 cm x 68 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-84

Transverse section
[paper; 65 cm x 68 cm]

Hays County Courthouse, San Marcos, Texas, [1882 on facade]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-85

Foundation
[linen; 63.5 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-86

First floor
[linen; 60 cm x 63.5 cm]

1961/001-87

Second floor
[linen; 56 cm x 67.5 cm]

1961/001-88

Front elevation
[linen; 56 cm x 67.5 cm]

1961/001-89

Side elevation, east and west
[linen; 45 cm x 65 cm]

1961/001-90

Rear elevation
[linen; 47.5 cm x 65.5 cm]

1961/001-91

Transverse section
[linen; 56.5 cm x 71 cm]

Robertson County Courthouse, Franklin, Texas, [1880?]
[Drawings are in pieces; only a portion of each drawing is present.]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-92a and 92b

Foundation (2 pieces)
[linen; 29 cm x 35 cm, 29 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-93

First floor
[linen; 32 cm x 62 cm]

1961/001-94

Second floor
[linen; 33 cm x 62 cm]

1961/001-95

[Third] floor
[linen; 29.5 cm x 62 cm]

1961/001-96

Front elevation
[linen; 33 cm x 53.5 cm]

1961/001-97

Rear elevation
[linen; 31 cm x 60 cm]

1961/001-98

Elevation towards west
[linen; 30 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-99

Longitudinal section
[linen; 33 cm x 55.5cm]

[Competition drawings for Bell County Courthouse, Belton?] (had been mislabeled as Burnet County Courthouse), [1883?]:

[From letters in the Correspondence series, it appears F. E. Ruffini submitted drawings for the Bell County Courthouse, but lost the bid. Jasper N. Preston designed the Bell County Courthouse that was built in 1884.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-100

First floor plan
[linen; 82 cm x 109 cm]

1961/001-101

Second floor plan
[linen; 82 cm x 109 cm]

1961/001-102

Third floor plan
[linen; 82 cm x 109 cm]

1961/001-103

Front elevation
[linen; 88 cm x 109 cm]

1961/001-104

Side elevation
[linen; 81 cm x 95.5 cm]

1961/001-105

Front elevation, watercolor rendering
[fragile, torn; paper; 82 cm x 100 cm]

1961/001-106

Oblique perspective, watercolor rendering
[fragile, torn; paper 86.5 cm x 95 cm]

1961/001-107

Longitudinal section, watercolor rendering
[fragile, torn; paper; 85.5 cm x 105 cm]

[Unidentified courthouse similar to Gregg and Rusk county floor plans but faint penciled note on one linen sheet identifies it as Wood County courthouse], [188-?]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-108

Pencil sketch for foundation
[paper; 50.5 cm x 69 cm]

1961/001-109

First floor
[linen; 53.5 cm x 68 cm]

1961/001-110

Second floor
[linen; 53 cm x 67.5 cm]

Unidentified courthouse [Drawings may not be for the same courthouse, but all are in the Blanco style], undated:

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-111

Pencil sketch of floor plan [first floor?]
[paper; 55 cm x 65 cm]

1961/001-112

Foundation
[linen; 61 cm x 63 cm]

1961/001-113

Roof
[linen; 61 cm x 63 cm]

1961/001-114

Details of cut stone work
[paper; 61 cm x 71 cm]

Unidentified courthouse, undated:

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-115

Transverse section C&D
[linen; 64 cm x 59.5 cm]

1961/001-116

Longitudinal section A&B
[linen; 63.5 cm x 81 cm]

[Copy of this drawing is in Oscar Ruffini, Drawings with no project numbers, Unidentified courthouse drawing 1961/001-565]

Jails

Jail [Collin, Comal and/or Robertson county jail], [between 1878 and 1882?]:

[Penciled notations probably by Oscar Ruffini show he may have used the plan for a courthouse design, 1890.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-117

Front elevation
[paper; 48 cm x 61.5 cm]

1961/001-118

Side elevation
[paper; 48cm x 61.5 cm]

1961/001-119

First floor
[paper; 47cm x 61.5 cm]

1961/001-120

Second floor
[paper; 47cm x 61.5 cm]

1961/001-121

Longitudinal section
[paper; 47 cm x 61.5 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-122

Unidentified jail, section, front and side elevations, [original date on facade erased, replaced with 1892]
[paper; 39.5 cm x 73 cm]

[Crenellations on original roof line; penciled mansard roof by Oscar Ruffini in 1892?]

Statehouse

Piping for Temporary Capitol Building, Austin, Texas, [1882]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-123

First floor
[paper; 46 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-124

Second floor
[paper; 45 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-125

Third floor
[paper; 52 cm x 62 cm]

Unidentified

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-126

Transverse section, undated
[linen; 50 cm x 63 cm]

1961/001-127

Ground floor plan (with auditorium?), undated
[paper; 59 cm x 65.5 cm]

Oscar Ruffini's drawings, [not after 1883], 1884-1912, 1924, undated (bulk 1884-1912, undated),
493 drawings

Oscar Ruffini's architectural drawings include renderings (some watercolors), floor plans, elevations, sections, details, and rough sketches dating before 1883, 1884-1912, 1924, and undated (bulk 1884-1912, undated), created while working as an architect in San Angelo, Texas. One drawing dates from his partnership with Levi Clark in Evansville, Indiana. Oscar's drawings are of commercial buildings, courthouses, jails, churches, residences, banks, schools, hotels, cultural buildings, and a bridge. The designs represented here were built in Ballinger, Coleman, Goldthwaite, Menard County, Ozona, San Angelo, Sonora, Sterling City, and Tom Green County, Texas and [Evansville, Indiana?]. Most of the drawings are undated, but known dates range from before 1883 to 1924. Other architectural drawings by Oscar Ruffini are available at the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark in San Angelo, Texas. Researchers should check the other series in this collection for related materials.

Arrangement

Drawings are divided between those with project numbers and those with no project numbers.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Oscar Ruffini's drawings, Architectural drawings, Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Drawings with project numbers

Arranged numerically by project number.

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-128

#1, Front elevation, unidentified two-story commercial building [John Fitzpatrick or John O. K. White Store?], July 3, 1884
[paper; 41 cm x 61 cm]

#3, Unidentified two-story jail, [1884 or 1885?]:

[It is not the Tom Green County Jail. Oscar Ruffini built the Menard County Jail in 1885, which is about the time this project #3 would have been built. The date above the door has been erased and replaced with 1892.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-129

Front elevation
[paper; 41 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-130

First and second floor plans
[paper; 41 cm x 71 cm]

#4, [Veck-Sterrett] bank, [1884]:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-131

Front elevation, elevation of angle
[linen; 42.5 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-132

Side elevation
[linen; 40 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-133

First, second floors
[linen; 59 cm x 75.5 cm]

#13, S. Lapowski and Brothers Building, 1885:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-134

Front elevation
[linen; 35 cm x 47.5 cm]

1961/001-135

Transverse section
[paper; 38 cm x 60 cm]

1961/001-136

Longitudinal section
[paper; 38 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-137

Foundation
[linen; 47 cm x 79 cm]

#14, Addition to M. B. Pulliam residence, San Angelo, undated:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-138

East, north, west elevations
[linen; 38.5 cm x 91 cm]

1961/001-139

North, west, elevations
[linen; 41 cm x 91 cm]

#28, S. J. Blocker residence, San Angelo, 1886:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-140

Foundation
[linen; 39 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-141

First floor plan, pencil sketch
[paper; 38 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-142

Front elevation
[linen; 37 cm x 64.5 cm]

1961/001-143

Side elevation
[linen; 35.5 cm x 65 cm]

1961/001-144

Rear elevation
[linen; 35 cm x 65 cm]

#35, Southern Presbyterian Church, San Angelo, 1886:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-145

Front and west elevations
[paper; 38.5 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-146

Rear elevation
[linen; 27 cm x 35 cm]

1961/001-147

Section and ground floor
[38.5 cm x 60.5 cm]

#39, R.S. Bowan residence, Coleman, Texas, [completed ca. 1890]:

[See Prints and photographs series for image of completed house.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-148

Foundation
[linen; 40.5 cm x 60 cm]

1961/001-149

Ground floor
[linen; 40.5 cm x 60 cm]

1961/001-150

East elevation
[paper; 40.5 cm x 60.5 cm]

1961/001-151

South elevation
[paper; 40.5 cm x 60.5 cm]

1961/001-152

West elevation
[paper; 40.5 cm x 60.5 cm]

#80, Episcopal Church, San Angelo, Texas, undated:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-153

Foundation
[linen; 27 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-154

Floor plan
[paper; 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm]

1961/001-155

Section A&B, west front
[paper; 40.5 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-156

South and east fronts
[paper; 41 cm x 70.5 cm]

#105, Gwin Allen and Company [store], San Angelo, Texas, [1888 on facade]:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-157

Front elevation
[linen; 40 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-158

Transverse section, detail post
[linen; 41 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-159

Foundation
[linen; 43 cm x 55 cm]

1961/001-160

First floor
[linen; 43.5 cm x 61.5 cm]

1961/001-161

Second floor
[linen; 53.5 cm x 82.5 cm]

#115, Unidentified commercial building [offices on second floor], undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-162

Front elevation
[linen; 41.5 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-163

Transverse section
[linen; 41.5 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-164

Foundation plan
[linen; 54 cm x 80 cm]

1961/001-165

First floor plan
[linen; 54 cm x 82 cm]

1961/001-166

Second floor plan
[linen; 53 cm x 82.5 cm]

#210, Mills County Courthouse, Goldthwaite, Texas, 1889
[linen]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-167

Foundation
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-168

First floor
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-169

Second floor
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-170

Roof
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-171

North elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 71.5 cm]

1961/001-172

West elevation
[linen; 61.5 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-173

South elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-174

Longitudinal section AB
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-175

Details of cut stone work
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-176

Details of carpenter work
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-177

Details of galvanized iron work
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-574

Details of galvanized iron work
[linen; 61 cm x 71 cm]

Note on drawing states: Lead/pencil lines, Goldthwaite, Mills Co., Cornice 3'-6" high

1961/001-575

Details of stairs [Mills Co. in pencil]
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

#210, Mills County Courthouse, Goldthwaite, Texas, 1889
[blueprints]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-178

Foundation
[blueprint; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-179

First floor
[blueprint; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-180

Second floor
[blueprint; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-181 and 182

Roof
[2 copies; blueprint; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-183

North elevation
[blueprint; 61 cm x 71.5 cm]

1961/001-184

West elevation
[blueprint; 61.5 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-185

South elevation
[blueprint; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-186

Longitudinal section
[blueprint; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-187

Details of stonecutting work
[blueprint; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-188

Details of carpenter work
[blueprint; 61 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-189 and 190

Details of galvanized iron work
[2 copies; blueprint; 61 cm x 71 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-576

Detail of stairs
[blueprint; 60.5 cm x 71 cm]

#210, Portion showing roof, Mills County Courthouse, Goldthwaite, Texas, [Mills crossed out and replaced with Sutton], 1889:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-191

Part, south elevation
[blueprint; 21 cm x 60.5 cm]

1961/001-192

Part, east, west elevations
[blueprint; 21 cm x 60.5 cm]

1961/001-193

Part, north elevation
[blueprint; 21 cm x 60.5 cm]

#230, First National Bank, [Ballinger, Texas], 1890:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-194

Foundation plan
[linen; 37 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-195

First floor plan
[linen; 40.5 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-196

Second floor plan
[linen; 37 cm x 71.5 cm]

1961/001-197

Transverse section
[linen; 41 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-198

Front elevation, front of angle
[linen; 41 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-199

Side elevation
[linen; 41 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-200

South and east fronts, pencil sketches
[paper; 40.5 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-201

Front, front of angle, pencil sketches
[paper; 41 cm x 46 cm]

#244, Unidentified commercial building, undated
[2 different plans]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-202 and 203

Front, rear and sections, floor plan, side
[blueprint; 46 cm x 77 cm; 2 copies]

1961/001-204, 205, and 206

Front, rear and section, floor plan, side
[blueprint; 46 cm x 77 cm; 3 copies]

#245, First Methodist Church, San Angelo, Texas [unbuilt], 1891:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-207

Ground plan, north front, section
[paper; 36 cm x 43 cm]

1961/001-208

Front elevation
[paper; 36 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-209

West elevation
[paper; 50 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-210

First floor
[paper; 33.5 cm x 62 cm]

1961/001-211

Transverse section
[paper; 29.5 cm x 32 cm]

#247, Lasker Building alteration, San Angelo, Texas, 1891:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-212

Front elevation
[linen; 26 cm x 36.5 cm]

1961/001-213

Side elevation
[linen; 25.8 cm x 56 cm]

1961/001-214

Second floor
[linen; 26 cm x 55 cm]

1961/001-215

Transverse section
[linen; 25.8 cm x 32 cm]

#250, Sutton County Courthouse, Sonora, Texas, [1891]
[linen]:

The courthouse is in the Second Empire style. The design is based on the 1884 drawings of the Blanco County Courthouse by F.E. Ruffini.

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-216

Foundation
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-217

First floor
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-218

Second floor
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-219

Roof
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-220

South elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-221

East elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-222

North elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-223

Longitudinal section AB
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-224

Details of cut stone work
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-225

Details of carpenter work
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-226

Details of galvanized iron work
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-227

Detail of stairs
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-228

Detail of stairs
[linen; 61 cm x 72 cm]

#250, Sutton County Courthouse, [1891]
[blueprints]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-229

Foundation
[blueprint; 61 cm x 76 cm]

[Pencil drawing on back for 1892 jail.]

1961/001-230

First floor
[blueprint; 61 cm x 76 cm]

1961/001-231

Second floor
[blueprint; 61 cm x 76 cm]

[Pencil drawing on back for 1892 jail, Ozona?]

1961/001-232

South elevation
[blueprint; 61 cm x 76 cm]

1961/001-233

East elevation
[blueprint; 61 cm x 76 cm]

1961/001-234

North elevation
[blueprint; 61 cm x 76 cm]

1961/001-235

Longitudinal section, A&B
[blueprint; 61 cm x 76 cm]

1961/001-236

Details of cut stone work
[blueprint; 61 cm x 76 cm]

1961/001-237 and 238

Detail of stairs
[2 copies; blueprint; 61 cm x 76 cm]

#254, Sterling County Courthouse, Sterling City, [1891]:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-239

First floor
[linen; 35 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-240

Second floor
[linen; 35 cm x 60.5 cm]

1961/001-241

West front
[linen; 35.5 cm x 38 cm]

1961/001-242

Transverse section
[linen; 35 cm x 35 cm]

1961/001-243

South elevation
[linen; 36 cm x 61 cm]

#255, Frank Gardoni residence, San Angelo, 1891:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-244

Foundation
[linen; 41 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-245

Floor plan
[paper; 41 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-246

West elevation
[paper; 37.5 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-247

West elevation
[paper; 40.5 cm x 47 cm]

1961/001-248

South elevation
[paper; 41 cm x 47 cm]

1961/001-249

North elevation
[40.5 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-250

East elevation
[paper; 45.7 cm x 40.5 cm]

#256, Frame warehouse for Schwartz and Raas, San Angelo, undated:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-251

End elevation, part front
[paper; 36 cm x 45.5 cm]

1961/001-252

Transverse section
[paper; 36 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-253

Ground floor plan
[paper; 45 cm x 85 cm]

#259, Judge John I. Guion residence, Ballinger, Texas, undated:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-254

Foundation
[linen; 43 cm x 62 cm]

1961/001-255

First floor
[linen; 48 cm x 63.5 cm]

1961/001-256

Second floor
[linen; 48 cm x 63.5 cm]

1961/001-257

South elevation
[linen; 49.5 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-258

East elevation; section of room showing China cabinet
[linen; 48.5 cm x 64 cm]

1961/001-259

North elevation
[linen; 49 cm x 49 cm]

1961/001-260

West elevation
[linen; 49 cm x 63 cm]

1961/001-261

West elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 63 cm]

1961/001-262

North elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-263

East elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 63.5 cm]

Map-Case

#267, Jackson Cramer & March store [Willeke Bros.], San Angelo, 1892:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-264

North elevation, side of front piers
[linen; 44 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-265

Rear elevation (south); side of rear piers
[linen; 39.5 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-266

Transverse section, C&D
[linen; 40 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-267

Longitudinal section, A&B
[linen; 39.5 cm x 95 cm]

1961/001-268

Foundation
[linen; 47 cm x 96 cm]

1961/001-269

First floor
[linen; 47 cm x 96 cm]

Map-Case

#267 [probably misnumbered by Oscar Ruffini, fits chronologically in #367], Crockett County Courthouse, Ozona, [1902]:

[Drawing #4 in the original sequence is missing.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-270

Foundation
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-271

First floor
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-272

Second floor
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-273

Roof
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-274

West elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-275

North and south elevations
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-276

East elevation
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-277

Transverse section, section A&B
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-278

Longitudinal section
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-279

Details of cut stone work
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-280

Details of carpenter work
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-281

Details of galvanized iron works
[linen; 61 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-282

West front, pencil drawing
[fragile, corner piece missing; paper; 60 cm x 88 cm]

1961/001-283

Detail for iron box windows
[paper; 90 cm x 112.5 cm; folded in half]

1961/001-284

Window details
[tissue; 75.5 cm x 111 cm; folded in half]

1961/001-285

Longitudinal section
[blueprint; 57 cm x 76 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-577

Second floor setting plan, Order #5991, Union Iron and Foundry Co., St. Louis, Mo., October 8, 1901
[blueprint; 45 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-578

Second floor beams complete, Order #5991, [Union Iron and Foundry Co., St. Louis, Mo.],
[blueprint; 42 cm x 71.5 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-286

#268, Plan of Grape Creek Bridge, Tom Green County, [between 1892 and 1894]
[linen; 36 cm x 95 cm]

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

#270, Turn Verein Grounds, San Angelo, [ca. 1893]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-287

Elevation of fence
[paper; 42 cm x 60 cm]

1961/001-288

Plan of grounds
[paper; 56 cm x 70 cm]

#271, Hotel design for E. W. Nimitz, San Angelo, [ca. 1893]:

[See also Specifications and related project records series; specifications are also at Fort Concho NHL.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-289

Foundation
[linen; 45 cm x 59 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-290

First, second floors
[paper; 63.5 cm x 88.5 cm]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-291

Concho Avenue front
[35 cm x 43 cm]

1961/001-292

Chadbourne Street front
[paper; 35.5 cm x 43 cm]

1961/001-293

South elevation
[paper; 35.5 cm x 50.5 cm]

1961/001-294

Longitudinal section, A&B
[paper; 31 cm x 55 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-295

West elevation, Chadbourne Street front
[36 cm x 63.5 cm]

1961/001-296

East elevation
[paper; 36 cm x 64 cm]

1961/001-297

North elevation, Concho Avenue front
[paper; 46 cm x 91 cm with 10 cm x 21 cm extension for flagpole]

#272, Sonora Opera House (Sonora Dramatic Club), 1893:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-298

Foundation
[linen; 41 cm x 64 cm]

1961/001-299

Ground floor
[paper; 41 cm x 69 cm]

1961/001-300

Front elevation
[paper; 41 cm x 69 cm]

1961/001-301

Side elevation
[paper; 41 cm x 69 cm]

1961/001-302

Section
[paper; 41 cm x 46 cm]

#277, Jail addition, Tom Green County, [1894?]:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-303

Foundation
[linen; 31.5 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-304

First floor
[linen; 40 cm x 55.5 cm]

1961/001-305

Second floor
[linen; 40 x 55.5 cm]

1961/001-306

Beam plan, second floor
[linen; 25.5 cm x 37 cm]

1961/001-307

South elevation
[linen; 40 cm x 55.5 cm]

1961/001-308

West elevation
[linen; 40 cm x 43 cm]

1961/001-309

North elevation
[linen; 43.5 cm x 55.5 cm]

1961/001-310

Transverse section, C&D
[43.5 cm x 40 cm]

1961/001-311

Longitudinal section, A&B
[linen; 40 cm x 55.5 cm]

1961/001-312

Second floor, sketch
[linen; 38.5 cm x 52 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-313

#289, First and second floors, south and west elevations, Unknown church, undated
[paper; 36 cm x 63 cm]

#293, Gymnasium/recreation hall, Turn Verein, San Angelo, 1895:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-314

Foundation
[linen; 41 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-315

First floor
[paper; 41 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-316

South elevation, section
[paper; 40.5 cm x 48.5 cm]

1961/001-317

West elevation
[paper; 41 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-318

North elevation
[paper; 40.5 cm x 48.5 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-319

#294, General plan, north and west elevations, Recreation Hall, Turn Verein, San Angelo, undated
[paper; 53.5 cm x 61 cm]

#297, Masonic Hall, San Angelo, 1895:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-320

Foundation
[linen; 29 cm x 56 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-321a and 321b

First and second floors
[paper, torn in half; 63 cm x 64 cm]

1961/001-322

First and second floors, Oakes St. and Twonig Ave. fronts
[paper; 37 cm x 83.5 cm]

1961/001-323

Twonig Ave. elevation
[paper; 53 cm x 63.5 cm]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-324

Oakes St. elevation
[paper; 37 cm x 53 cm]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-325

East elevation
[linen; 29 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-326

Transverse section, A&B
[linen; 36 cm x 53 cm]

#299, German Evangelical Church, San Angelo, 1896:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-327

Foundation
[linen; 24 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-328

First floor
[paper; 40 cm x 50.5 cm]

1961/001-329

West elevation
[paper, torn; 46 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-330

North and south elevations
[paper, torn; 50 cm x 50 cm]

#308 Recreation hall, Turn Verein, San Angelo, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-331

North elevation, west elevation, section
[paper, torn; 66.5 cm x 69 cm]

1961/001-332

Floor plan [includes stage, dressing rooms, bowling alley]
[paper; 46 cm x 65.5 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-333

#310, S. N. [or H?] Henderson residence, east elevation, Concho County, [ca. 1897]
[paper; 46 cm x 64 cm]

#312, L. E. [or B?] Harris residence, San Angelo, 1895:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-334

Foundation
[linen; 40.5 cm x 45 cm]

1961/001-335

First floor
[paper; 40.5 cm x 46 cm]

[Sketch of full size details for flooring? on back.]

1961/001-336

East elevation
[paper; 40.5 cm x 45.5 cm]

1961/001-337

South elevation
[paper; 40.5 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-338

North elevation
[paper; 40.5 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-339

West elevation
[paper; 40.5 cm x 46 cm]

#321, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-340

Foundation
[linen; 51 cm x 53.5 cm]

1961/001-341

First floor
[paper, torn; 50 cm x 53.5 cm]

1961/001-342

South elevation
[paper; 53.5 cm x 53.5 cm]

1961/001-343

West elevation
[paper; 53 cm x 53 cm]

1961/001-344

East elevation
[paper; 53 cm x 53 cm]

1961/001-345

North elevation
[paper; 53 cm x 53 cm]

1961/001-346

Transverse section
[linen; 53 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-347

#322, Transverse section, Unidentified church, undated
[linen; 35.5 cm x 51 cm]

#326, San Angelo Steam Laundry, San Angelo, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-348

First floor
[paper; 32 cm x 62.5 cm]

1961/001-349

Second floor
[paper; 32 cm x 62.5 cm]

1961/001-350

West elevation
[paper; 35 cm x 52 cm]

1961/001-351

North elevation
[paper; 39 cm x 72 cm]

1961/001-352

Transverse section
[linen; 24 cm x 43 cm]

#333, Bowling alley, Turn Verein, San Angelo, [ca. 1899]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-353

Foundation
[linen; 39.5 cm x 78 cm]

1961/001-354

South elevation, section
[paper; 33 cm x 45.5 cm]

1961/001-355

North elevation
[paper; 33 cm x 45.5 cm]

1961/001-356

East elevation
[paper; 33 cm x 85 cm]

1961/001-357

West elevation
[paper, corner torn off; 33 cm x 85 cm]

#339, Addition, German Evangelical Church, San Angelo 1899:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-358

Foundation and first floor plan [paper; 31 cm x 45.5 cm]

1961/001-359

South and east elevations [paper; 29.5 cm x 62.5 cm]

#358, Unidentified residence, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-360

First floor plan, section through dining room
[paper with linen backing; 52 cm x 62.5 cm]

1961/001-361

North elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-362

West elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-363

East elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-364

South elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 61 cm]

#368, J. W. Hill, store, San Angelo, 1901
[linen]:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-365

Foundation
[linen; 31 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-366

First floor
[linen; 31 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-367

Front elevation
[linen; 31 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-368

Interior view of show windows, longitudinal section
[linen; 31 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-369

Transverse section
[linen; 31 cm x 46 cm]

#368, J. W. Hill, store, San Angelo, 1901
[blueprints]:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-370

Foundation
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-371

First floor
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-372

Front elevation
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-373

Section, interior view of windows, longitudinal section
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

Drawings with no project numbers

Arranged by building type, with known buildings first, followed by unidentified buildings.

Residences

[Note: See also projects #14, #28, #39, #255, #259, #310, #312, and #358 in the Drawings with project numbers subseries.]

J.W. Doran, Esq., residence, [Dec. 1904?]:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-374

First floor plan, elevation china closet
[paper; 45.5 cm x 63 cm]

1961/001-375

North elevation, section
[45.5 cm x 63.5 cm]

1961/001-376

West elevation
[45.5 cm x 63.5 cm]

1961/001-377

East elevation
[45.5 cm x 63.5 cm]

1961/001-378

South elevation
[45.5 cm x 63.5 cm]

1961/001-379

Full size details
[45.5 cm x 63.5 cm]

Unidentified residence #1, undated:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-380

Foundation
[linen; 41 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-381

First floor plan, plan of shed
[paper; 46 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-382

South elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-383

East elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-384

West elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-385

North elevation
[paper; 46 cm x 51 cm]

1961/001-386

Full size details
[paper; 46 cm x 51 cm]

Unidentified residence #2, 1886:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 35

1961/001-387

East elevation, front of bay
[paper; 36 cm x 61 cm]

1961/001-388

North elevation
[paper; 36 cm x 61 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-389

Unidentified residence #3, east elevation, sections, undated
[paper; 46 cm x 68.5 cm]

1961/001-390a and 390b

Unidentified residence #4, partial front elevation, undated
[blueprint; 2 cut pieces, each 13.5 cm x 45 cm]

1961/001-391

Unidentified residence #5, first floor plan, undated
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-392 and 393

Unidentified residence #6, four elevations, floor plan, undated
[blueprint; 45 cm x 69 cm; 2 copies, one more detailed]

Banks

[See also projects #4 and #230 in the Drawings with project numbers subseries.]

First National Bank, San Angelo, [remodeling?], ca. 1906:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-394 and 395

Present vaults and fixtures
[blueprint; 45 cm x 75 cm; 2 copies, one annotated]

1961/001-396

Foundation
[blueprint; 46 cm x 57 cm]

1961/001-397, 398, and 399

Second floor
[blueprint; 32.5 cm x 45.5 cm; 3 copies, each annotated]

Ozona National Bank, undated:

[Copy media available for 1961/001-400: 4 in. x 5 in. copy negatives (call # 1961/001-627)]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-400

Front and side elevations
[linen; 46 cm x 71 cm]

General plan
[missing April 2002]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-401

Unidentified bank, north elevation, elevation of angle, [1902 on facade]
[paper; 38.5 cm x 48 cm, left edge torn off and missing]

[Menardville Bank was completed in 1903.]

Commercial buildings

[See also projects #1, #13, #105, #115, #244, #247, #256, #267, #326, and #368 in the Drawings with project numbers subseries.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-402

[Commercial building], front elevation, Clark & Ruffini, Evansville, Ind., [not after 1883]
[paper; 21.5 cm x 37 cm]

[Bar], [1883?]:

[See Correspondence series for letters from Seidel & Schoenle to Oscar Ruffini]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-403

The Pearl, [partition], M
[linen; 40.5. cm x 47 cm]

1961/001-404

[Bar partition], Design L
[linen; 37 cm x 72.5 cm]

1961/001-405

Mixing Board
[linen; 24 cm x 47 cm]

1961/001-406

Back
[linen; 33.5 cm x 55.5 cm]

1961/001-407

Design C [bar counter design]
[linen; 17 cm x 56 cm]

1961/001-408

F [bar counter design]
[linen; 22.5 cm x 58 cm]

1961/001-409

G [bar counter design]
[linen; 23.5 cm x 56 cm]

1961/001-410

H [bar counter design]
[linen; 24 cm x 56.5 cm]

1961/001-411

J.J. [bar counter design]
[linen; 23.5 cm x 55.5 cm]

1961/001-412

K [bar counter design]
[linen; 27 cm x 58 cm]

Oscar Ruffini Building, San Angelo, Texas, [1898?]:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-413

Plan, section, elevation
[blueprint; 45 cm x 59 cm]

1961/001-414

Elevation [showing tile pattern and color]
[blueprint; 23 cm x 44 cm]

1961/001-415 and 416

Ceiling plan
[blueprint; 44.5 cm x 75.5 cm; 2 copies, one annotated]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-417

Floor plan
[blueprint; 46 cm x 91 cm]

Garage for R. P. Amacker, San Angelo, [1924]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-418

Foundation
[blueprint; 46 cm x 82 cm]

1961/001-419

Basement
[blueprint; 46 cm x 75.5 cm; pencil drawing of commercial building on back (see #244)]

1961/001-420

First floor plan [showing beam placement], plan of machinery platform, sections A-A and B-B
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 65 cm; pencil drawing of commercial building on back]

1961/001-421

First floor
[blueprint; 46 cm x 82 cm]

1961/001-422

First floor
[blueprint; 45 cm x 76 cm; pencil drawing of commercial building on back (see #244)]

1961/001-423

Section
[blueprint; 45 cm x 75.5 cm; pencil drawing of office plan, Magdalen, on back]

1961/001-424

West elevation, section looking east
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 82 cm; pencil drawing of commercial building on back]

1961/001-425

East and south elevations, metal window detail
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 82 cm]

1961/001-426

West and north elevations, section looking east
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 82 cm]

Unidentified commercial building [possibly for R. P. Amacker garage], [ca. 1924?]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-427 and 428

Basement, first floor, section; prepared by J.H. Martling Associates, Kansas City
[blueprint; 31 cm x 42 cm; 2 copies]

1961/001-429

[Windows and/or doors], Special steel sash putty to be included in bid; prepared by J.H. Martling Associates, Kansas City
[blueprint; 23.5 cm x 45.5 cm]

1961/001-430

Section looking east; prepared by J.H. Martling Associates, Kansas City
[blueprint; 25.5 cm x 45.5 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-431

Plan, Kirby's, Henderson's, commercial building, undated
[paper; 60.5 cm x 81.5 cm]

1961/001-432

W. B. Turner, T. H. McCloskey commercial building, front and side elevations, undated
[linen; 63.5 cm x 66 cm]

Unidentified commercial building #1, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-433

Electric lights, plumbing, gas
[tissue; 30.5 cm x 44 cm]

1961/001-434 and 435

Front, back, side, floor plan;
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 71 cm; 2 copies, one annotated]

Unidentified commercial building #2, undated
[2 copies]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-436

Front elevation, foundation/floor plan, roof section, west elevation, north elevation; [pencil drawings of residence floor plan and four elevations on back]
[blueprint; 45 cm x 69 cm]

1961/001-437

Front elevation, foundation/floor plan, roof section, west elevation, north elevation; [pencil drawing of floor plan for rooming house? on back]
[blueprint; 45 cm x 69 cm]

Unidentified commercial building #3 [Oscar Ruffini Building?], undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-438

Foundation, first floor
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 75 cm]

1961/001-439

Steel ceiling plan
[blueprint; 30 cm x 53 cm]

1961/001-440

Transverse, longitudinal section, rear elevation
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 74.5 cm]

1961/001-441

Steel ceiling; drawing #2934-A, prepared by Berger Mfg. Co., Canton, Ohio, January 4, 1912
[blueprint; 43.5 cm x 81.5 cm; fragile, torn]

1961/001-442

Steel ceiling; drawing #8111, prepared by Berger Mfg. Co., Canton, Ohio, May 12, 1910
[blueprint; 43 cm x 56 cm; fragile, torn]

Unidentified commercial building #4, undated:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-443

Front view
[tissue; 38.5 cm x 56 cm]

1961/001-444

Detail
[tissue; 13 cm x 20.5 cm]

1961/001-445

Water line locations
[tissue; 27 cm x 40.5 cm]

Unidentified commercial building #5, undated:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-446

Foundation
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-447

First floor
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-448

Front elevation, section
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-449

Longitudinal section
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-450

Transverse section
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

1961/001-451

East elevation
[blueprint; 31 cm x 48 cm]

Schools

Coleman School, Coleman, Texas, [1888]:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-452

Foundation
[linen; 47 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-453

First floor
[linen; 45 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-454

Second floor
[linen; 44.5 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-455

[Front] elevation
[linen; 51 cm x 58 cm]

1961/001-456

[Side] elevation, section
[linen; 42 cm x 50 cm]

1961/001-457

[Side] elevation
[linen; 50 cm x 52 cm]

1961/001-458

[Rear] elevation
[linen; 42 cm x 58 cm]

Addition to San Angelo [School], 1905:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-459

West elevation
[linen; 47 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-460

North, south elevation
[linen; 47 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-461 and 462

North elevation
[2 linen strips; 11 cm x 55 cm, 13 cm x 62 cm]

1961/001-463

Section A&B, Section C&D
[linen; 47 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-464

Foundation
[linen; 47 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-465

First floor
[linen; 47 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-466

Second floor
[linen; 47 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-467

Roof
[linen; 47 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-468

[Front elevation]
[pencil on paper; 46 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-469

[Side elevation]
[pencil on paper; 46 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-470

[Floor plan showing roof lines]
[pencil on paper; 47 cm x 66 cm]

1961/001-471 and 472

Second floor
[one grid paper, one photocopy; 22 cm x 35 cm]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-473

First floor
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 50 cm]

1961/001-474

Second floor
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 49.5 cm]

School, Ozona, Texas, undated:

[Specifications are at Fort Concho NHL.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-475 thru 479

Windows, full size details
[tissue; 71 cm x 91 cm; 5 drawings]

1961/001-480

Woodwork, full size details
[tissue; 71 cm x 91 cm]

1961/001-481

Basement, interior, entrance doors, details
[tissue; 76 cm x 91 cm]

1961/001-482

First- and second-floor doors, full-sized details
[tissue; 71 cm x 91 cm]

1961/001-483

Carpenter measurements for doors, full size details
[paper; 76.5 cm x 91.5 cm]

1961/001-484

Roof
[blueprint; 65.5 cm x 91.5 cm]

1961/001-485

Stairs, Ozona School Building, Order #4745, for Judge C. E. Davidson, prepared by Mosher Manufacturing Co. of Dallas
[blueprint; 52 cm x 72 cm]

Jails

[See also projects #3 and #277 in the Drawings with project numbers subseries.]

Menard County Jail [addition?], 1886:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-486

North elevation
[linen; 36 cm x 48.5 cm]

1961/001-487

North elevation showing old and new
[linen; 36 cm x 48.5 cm]

1961/001-488

East elevation
[linen; 36 cm x 48.5 cm]

1961/001-489

First floor
[linen; 36 cm x 48.5 cm]

1961/001-490

Second floor
[linen; 36 cm x 48.5 cm]

1961/001-491

Transverse section
[linen; 36 cm x 48.5 cm]

Unidentified jail #1, undated:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-492

Foundation
[pencil sketch on linen; 22 cm x 32 cm]

1961/001-493

Front elevation
[pencil sketch on linen; 22 cm x 34 cm]

1961/001-494

First floor
[linen; 33 cm x 38 cm]

1961/001-495

Second floor
[linen; 33 cm x 38 cm]

Unidentified jail #2, undated:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-496

Front elevation
[linen; 25 cm x 31.5 cm]

1961/001-497

First floor
[linen; 25 cm x 31.5 cm]

1961/001-498

Second floor
[linen; 25 cm x 31.5 cm]

Unidentified jail #3, 1892:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-499

Front elevation
[linen; 33 cm x 38 cm]

1961/001-500

Side elevation [with door]
[linen; 33 cm x 38 cm]

1961/001-501

Side elevation [no door]
[linen; 33 cm x 38 cm]

1961/001-502

Longitudinal section
[linen; 33 cm x 38 cm]

1961/001-503

Foundation
[linen; 25 cm x 38 cm]

1961/001-504

First floor
[linen; 33 cm x 38 cm]

1961/001-505

Second floor
[linen; 33 cm x 38 cm]

1961/001-506

Second floor, beam
[linen; 33 cm x 38 cm]

Unidentified jail #4, 1892:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-507

Front elevation
[linen; 38 cm x 40.5 cm]

1961/001-508

Side elevation
[linen; 38.5 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-509

First floor
[linen; 38 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-510

Second floor
[linen; 38 cm x 40.5 cm]

Unidentified jail #5, undated:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-511

Front elevation
[linen; 26 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-512

Elevation [linen; 38 cm x 29.5 cm]

1961/001-513

First floor
[linen; 25.5 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-514

Second floor
[linen; 26 cm x 40.5 cm]

Unidentified jail #6, [1884 on facade]:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-515

Front elevation north
[pencil on tissue; 29 cm x 40 cm]

1961/001-516

Showing east side elevation
[pencil on tissue; 30 cm x 37 cm]

1961/001-517

Showing section from east side
[pencil on tissue; 30.5 cm x 42 cm]

1961/001-518

Showing second floor new work of main building
[pencil on tissue; 30 cm x 41.5 cm]

1961/001-519

Showing first floor plan with existing outside walls
[pencil on tissue; 30 cm x 41 cm]

1961/001-520

Unidentified jail #7, Section
[pencil on tissue; 20 cm x 30.5 cm]

Courthouses

[See also projects #210, #250, #254, and #267 [should be #367?] in the Drawings with project numbers subseries.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-521

Tom Green County Courthouse, San Angelo, alteration, undated
[paper; 46 cm x 61.5 cm]

[Menard?] County Courthouse, [1885 on facade with 1891 penciled over]:

[See Prints and photographs series for image of completed structure.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-522

Oblique perspective, watercolor rendering
[paper; 59 cm x 65 cm]

1961/001-523

Front elevation
[paper; 50.5 cm x 69 cm]

[Unidentified courthouse design based on Navarro County Courthouse], [ca. 1888-1890]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-524

[Ink drawing with tower in pencil, oblique perspective], [1888 on facade]
[paper; 76.5 cm x 86.5 cm]

1961/001-525

South elevation [space for tower blank], [1888 on facade]
[paper; 63.5 cm x 71 cm]

1961/001-526

South front [with tower], [1890 on facade]
[linen; 74 cm x 92 cm]

1961/001-527

West elevation
[linen; 68 cm x 78.5 cm]

Unidentified courthouse [similar to Menard County], [1911 on facade]:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-528

Front elevation
[linen; 48 cm x 58 cm]

1961/001-529

Side elevation
[linen; 52 cm x 58 cm]

1961/001-530

First floor
[linen; 48.5 cm x 58.5 cm]

1961/001-531

Second floor
[linen; 48 cm x 59 cm]

1961/001-532

First floor
[linen; 52.5 cm x 58 cm]

1961/001-533

Second floor
[linen; 52.5 cm to 58 cm]

[Unidentified courthouse drawings in the Blanco style], undated:

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-534

South elevation, [1890 on facade]
[paper; 76.5 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-535

East and west elevation
[linen; 69 cm x 97 cm]

1961/001-536

East and west front
[linen; 69 cm x 94 cm]

[Only difference between above two drawings is the shading on the windows.]

1961/001-537

First floor
[linen; 64 cm x 76.5 cm]

1961/001-538

Second floor
[linen; 64 cm x 76.5 cm]

Unidentified county courthouse floor plans #1, undated:

[Compare with image of Hopkins County architectural rendering in Prints and photographs series.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-539

First floor
[linen; 66 cm x 76 cm]

1961/001-540

Second floor
[linen; 66 cm x 76 cm]

1961/001-541

Third floor
[linen; 66 cm x 76 cm]

Unidentified county courthouse floor plans #2, undated:

[Compare with image of Navarro County architectural rendering in Prints and photographs series.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-542

First floor
[linen; 64 cm x 73.5 cm]

1961/001-543

Second floor
[linen; 64.5 cm x 74 cm]

1961/001-544

Third floor
[linen; 65 cm x 71 cm]

Unidentified county courthouse floor plans #3, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-545

First floor
[linen; 65 cm x 75 cm]

1961/001-546

Second floor
[linen; 65 cm x 75 cm]

Unidentified county courthouse floor plans #4, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-547

First floor
[linen; 66 cm x 71.5 cm]

1961/001-548

Second floor
[linen; 66 cm x 71.5 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-549

Unidentified county courthouse floor plan #5, First floor plan, undated
[linen; 64 cm x 73 cm]

[Compare with Hays County architectural drawings in F. E. Ruffini's drawings, Drawings with no project numbers subseries.]

1961/001-550

Unidentified county courthouse floor plan #6, First floor plan, undated
[paper; 63.5 cm x 71 cm]

[Compare with image of Williamson County architectural rendering in Prints and photographs series.]

Unidentified county courthouse floor plans #7, undated:

[Compare with Crockett County architectural drawings, #267 in Oscar Ruffini's drawings, Drawings with project numbers subseries.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-551

Foundation
[linen; 74 cm x 86 cm]

1961/001-552

[First floor plan?]
[paper 93 cm x 107 cm]

1961/001-553

[First floor plan?]
[paper 93 cm x 107 cm]

Courthouse tower #1, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-554

[Elevation]
[linen; 23 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-555

Elevation of tower, plan no. 3 in pencil
[linen; 36 cm x 65 cm]

1961/001-556

Section of tower
[linen; 36 cm x 78.5 cm]

Courthouse tower #2, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-557

[Elevation of tower]
[paper; 26 cm x 47 cm]

1961/001-558

Elevation of tower, plan no.1 in pencil
[linen; 36.5 cm x 65.5 cm]

1961/001-559

Section, north and south, looking west [showing trusses]
[linen; 30 cm x 37 cm]

Unrelated courthouse tower and dome elevations and sections, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-560

[Elevation of clock tower]
[linen; 21.5 cm x 37 cm]

1961/001-561

[Elevation of clock tower]
[linen; 29.5 cm x 39.5 cm]

1961/001-562

Elevation of dome, front and side of porticos with penciled note by OR
[linen; 29 cm x 68 cm]

1961/001-563

Section of tower, plan no. 2 in pencil
[linen; 31 cm x 74 cm]

1961/001-564

Section of tower
[linen; 35.5 cm x 78 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-565

Unidentified courthouse drawing, Section, undated
[linen; 76 cm x 92 cm]

[Similar to 1888-1890 design based on Navarro County courthouse, but window placement and tower detail does not match. This is a copy of drawing 1961/001-116 in F. E. Ruffini's drawings, Drawings with no project numbers, Unidentified courthouse]

Unidentified building

Unidentified building, top two floors [multiple windows suggest a hotel], undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-566

Front elevation
[blueprint; 30 cm x 90.5 cm]

1961/001-567

West elevation
[blueprint; 30 cm x 90.5 cm]

Details, buildings unknown

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-568

Plan of box frame windows, detail = full size, order no. 6113, Union Iron and Foundry Co., January 16, 1902
[blueprint; 77 cm x 110 cm]

Wrought iron work, order no. 274, Union Iron and Foundry Co., St. Louis, Mo.:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-569

Wrought cellar doors and frames, full size detail of hinge, wrought area grates, June 22, 1903
[blueline; 28.5 cm x 43 cm]

1961/001-570

Wrought grill, July 1, 1903
[blueline; 28.5 cm x 43 cm]

1961/001-571

J. F. Ruth metal window, full size detail, undated
[blueprint; 50 cm x 50.5 cm]

1961/001-572

Steel for 1 opening, undated
[part missing; blueprint; 29 cm x 30.5 cm]

Drawings by other architects, [ca. 1890], 1899, 1932, undated,
36 drawings

Materials include drawings, circa 1890, 1899, 1932, and undated, by architects J. J. Kane of Fort Worth, Texas; Stewart Moore and Barnes & Crosby of Dallas, Texas; B. F. Trester, Jr.and James Wahrenberger of San Antonio, Texas; Mesker and Bro. Front Builders of St. Louis, Missouri; and B. Mang[elsen?] of Germany. Buildings are residences (one in Germany, the other location is unknown), fire stations in Dallas, a school house in Sonora, Texas, the Uvalde County, Texas courthouse, and the fronts of commercial buildings in San Angelo and Sonora, Texas.

Arrangement

Drawings are arranged alphabetically by architect.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Drawings by other architects, Architectural drawings, Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Barnes and Crosby, Architects, Plans for new fire station at the corner of Main and Houston Sts., Dallas, Texas, undated:

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-579

Foundation
[paper; 58.5 cm x 92 cm]

1961/001-580

Foundation, scheme no. 2
[paper; 58.5 cm x 92 cm]

1961/001-581

Plan of first floor
[paper; 58.5 cm x 92 cm]

1961/001-582

Plan of second floor
[paper; 58.5 cm x 92 cm]

1961/001-583

Plan of roof
[paper; 58.5 cm x 92 cm]

1961/001-584

Houston St. elevation
[paper; 58.5 cm x 92 cm]

1961/001-585

Main St. elevation
[paper; 58.5 cm x 92 cm]

1961/001-586

Rear elevation
[paper; 58.5 cm x 92 cm]

1961/001-587

Detail for lockers in fire station
[paper; 45.5 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-588

Cross section on line AB
[paper; 39.5 cm x 54 cm]

1961/001-589

Longitudinal section on line CD
[paper; 58.5 cm x 92 cm]

J. J. Kane, #5, Unidentified residence, undated:

[Note on a drawing: Return to O. Ruffini.]

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-590

Front elevation
[linen; 39 cm x 46 cm]

1961/001-591

Side elevation
[linen; 34 cm x 53.5 cm]

1961/001-592

Plan
[linen; 41 cm x 49.5 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-593

[B. Mang[elsen?] (German architect?)], [Single family home for Head Canal Helmsman Heinz Grupen in Kiel-Holtenau, Jaegerallee Number 8, January 28/30, 1932]
[blueline on paper; 36.5 cm x 62.5 cm]

Includes basement, first and second floor plans, front and rear elevations, transverse and longitudinal sections, and front gate detail. Contains a note re: "Onkel poll;" Oscar Ruffini built a store for a Simon Poll in San Angelo.

[Identifying information roughly translated from German.]

Mesker and Bro. Front Builders, St. Louis, Missouri:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-594

M. C. Ragsdale Building, San Angelo, front elevation, [1899 on facade]
[blueprint; 43 cm x 43.5 cm]

1961/001-595

"Taylor Block" on nameplate, commercial building front elevation, [San Angelo, Texas], [1899 on facade]
[blueprint; 42 cm x 44 cm]

1961/001-596

"W. G. Taylor" on nameplate [U. penciled over W.], commercial building front elevation, [San Angelo, Texas], [1899 on facade]
[blueprint; 43 cm x 44 cm]

1961/001-597 and 598

[Next door to A. J. Baker Building], commercial building front elevation
[blueprint; 32.5 cm x 44 cm; 2 copies, one annotated]

1961/001-599

J. W. Hill, commercial building front elevation, San Angelo, Texas
[blueprint; 32.5 cm x 47.5 cm]

1961/001-600 and 601

Edward Maier, commercial building front elevation, San Angelo, Texas
[blueprint; 29 cm x 35 cm; 2 copies, one annotated]

1961/001-602

First National Bank, Sonora, front elevation
[blueprint; 30 cm x 34 cm]

1961/001-603

Fred Koenig commercial building front elevation, Sonora, Texas
[blueprint; 27 cm x 40.5 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-604

Stewart Moore, East Dallas Engine House, floor plans, Carroll Ave. and Live Oak St. elevations, Dallas, Texas, undated
[blueprint; 41.5 cm x 88 cm]

B. F. Trester, Jr., Drawings of courthouse for Uvalde Co., [ca. 1890]:

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-605

Foundation and roof plans
[linen; 56.5 cm x 78 cm]

1961/001-606

First and second floor plans
[linen; 57 cm x 77.5 cm]

1961/001-607

Transverse section
[linen; 57 cm x 77.5 cm]

1961/001-608

Longitudinal section
[linen; 57 cm x 78 cm]

1961/001-609

Front elevation
[linen; 59 cm x 78 cm]

1961/001-610

Side elevation
[linen; 60.5 cm x 77.5 cm]

1961/001-611

Sectional elevation of tank and windmill, ground plan of water tank, plan for running of water pipe,
[linen; 57.5 cm x 78 cm]

1961/001-612

Sketch of old court house at Uvalde, Texas
[linen; 56.5 cm x 72 cm]

Includes north front and west side elevations and first and second floor plans.

James Wahrenberger, Schoolhouse, Sonora, Texas, undated:

[See Specifications and related project records series for related material.]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini large drawers

1961/001-613

Northwest front
[blueprint; 66 cm x 90 cm]

1961/001-614

Details of front
[blueprint; 66 cm x 90 cm]

Drawings by unknown architects, undated,
12 drawings

These drawings have no identifying information such as name of architect, project number, date, or building title and location. Many of the drawings are probably by F. E. or Oscar Ruffini, but information has not been located to make a connection between architect and building.

Arrangement

Drawings are arranged by building type.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Drawings by unknown architects, Architectural drawings, Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Opera house addition:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-615

Pencil sketch of front elevation
[paper on canvas; 26.5 cm x 42 cm]

1961/001-616

Pencil sketch of floor plan and cross section
[paper on canvas; 40 cm x 50.5 cm]

1961/001-617

Unidentified commercial building (hotel?), side view, rough sketch
[paper; 35.5 cm x 43 cm]

1961/001-618

Unidentified public building, front elevation
[pencil sketch, tissue on paper; 36.5 cm x 41 cm]

Map-Case

Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-619

[Commercial building?], Floor plan (includes kitchen, pastry, and bakery)
[paper; 49 cm x 67 cm]

1961/001-620

[Commercial building?], First floor plan (includes 8 rooms of similar size--jail cells? hotel rooms?)
[paper; 48 cm x 67 cm]

Unidentified school, undated:

Oversize

Drawing-Number

OS Box 36

1961/001-621

Basement plan
[blueprint; 45 cm x 59.5 cm]

1961/001-622

First floor plan
[blueprint; 45 cm x 60.5 cm]

1961/001-623

Second floor plan
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 60 cm]

1961/001-624

Transverse section, part longitudinal
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 61 cm]

Unidentified residences:

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Drawing-Number

Ruffini small drawers

1961/001-625

First and second floor plans
[blueprint; 45.5 cm x 76 cm]

1961/001-626

First and second floors (possibly a rooming house?)
[blueprint; 53.5 cm x 64.5 cm]

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Prints and photographs, [ca. 1877]-1902,
21 images

Prints and photographs are images of completed buildings and architectural renderings of proposed structures designed by F. E. and Oscar Ruffini, dating from [ca. 1877] to 1902. Most of the buildings represented are courthouses and jails, with one residence, one bank building, one Oddfellows meeting hall, and the Old Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin included. Images are of buildings located throughout Texas, including Austin, Ballinger, Blanco, Coleman, Corsicana, Georgetown, Groesbeck, Henderson, Longview, [Menardville?], New Braunfels, Ozona, Paint Rock, and Sulphur Springs.

Handwritten descriptions on the photographs are the basis for titles. Duplicate photographs with different handwritten descriptions have been described separately. See Architectural drawings series for notes on availability of photographic copy media for drawings of specific buildings.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Prints and photographs, Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.

Processed by

John Anderson, October 1984

Photo

1961/001-1

Coleman, Texas. Residence of R. S. Bowan, [ca. 1890]
[albumen commercial card (5.5 x 8.5 in.); 4 x 5 copy negative]

Group of men posed standing on the porch of the newly constructed house, designed by Oscar Ruffini.

[See Architectural drawings series for house plans.]

Photo

1961/001-2

[Ballinger, Texas. First National Bank], [ca. 1890]
[albumen commercial card (4.5 x 8 in.)]

Men posed before the structure, designed by Oscar Ruffini. Image is mounted on card advertising "Crews, McGregor, & Co."

[See Architectural drawings series for bank plans.]

Photo

1961/001-3

[Longview, Texas?]. Courthouse [similar to the built Gregg County Courthouse], [between 1878 and 1890]
[half plate tintype (4 x 5.5 in.)]

Copy of architectural rendering, design by F. E. Ruffini.

[See Architectural drawings series for courthouse plans of similar design.]

Photo

1961/001-4

[Menardville, Texas?]. [Menard County?] courthouse and jail, August 1885 or 1886
[albumen cabinet card (4 x 6 in.)]

[See Architectural drawings series for renderings.]

Photo

1961/001-5

Eagle Pass, Texas. Maverick County Courthouse, December 1, 1886
[albumen boudoir card (4.5 x 7.5); 4 x 5 copy negative]

Photo

1961/001-6

Paint Rock, Texas. Concho County Courthouse, 1886
[albumen commercial card (4.5 x 6.5 in.)]

The courthouse was completed in 1886, designed by F. E. Ruffini with construction supervised by Oscar Ruffini. A group of men is posed before the structure.

[See Architectural drawings series for courthouse plans.]

Photo

1961/001-7

Ozona, Texas. Crockett County courthouse, 1902
[gelatin print commercial card (4.5 x 6.5 in.)]

Recently completed structure, designed by Oscar Ruffini.

[See Architectural drawings series for courthouse plans.]

Photo

1961/001-8

[Blanco, Texas. Blanco County Courthouse?], [1885?]
[albumen commercial card (5.5 x 8 in.)]

People posed with the newly completed structure, designed by F. E. Ruffini . James Rolle, photographer (?)

[Photograph identified as Mills County Courthouse, Goldthwaite, Texas in Gone from Texas: Our Lost Architectural Heritage by Willard B. Robinson.]

Photo

1961/001-9 and 10

Georgetown, Texas. Williamson County Courthouse, [ca. 1877-1879]
[albumen commercial cards (6 x 7.5 in.); 4 x 5 copy negatives]

Images are copy photos of architectural renderings by F. E. Ruffini for the proposed structure. May have also been related to the design for the Hays County and Robertson County courthouses in San Marcos and Franklin.

Photo

1961/001-11 and 12

Sulphur Springs, Texas. Hopkins County Courthouse, [ca. 1882]
[albumen commercial cards (6 x 7.5 in.); 4 x 5 copy negatives]

Images are two copy photos of architectural renderings by F. E. Ruffini for the proposed building. May have also related to design for the Wood County courthouse in Quitman, Texas.

Photo

1961/001-13

Longview, Texas. Gregg County Courthouse of 1878, [between 1879 and 1897]
[albumen commercial card (6 x 8 in.); 4 x 5 copy negative]

Photo

1961/001-14

Henderson, Texas. Rusk County Courthouse, [ca. 1878-1879]
[albumen commercial card (6 x 7.5 in.); 4 x 5 copy negative]

Copy photo of architectural rendering by F. E. Ruffini for the proposed structure.

Photo

1961/001-15

Corsicana, Texas. Navarro County Courthouse, [ca. 1880-1882]
[albumen commercial card (6.5 x 8 in.); 4 x 5 copy negative]

Copy photo of architectural rendering by F. E. Ruffini for the proposed structure.

Photo

1961/001-16

New Braunfels, Texas. "Comal County Prison," [ca. 1878-1879]
[albumen commercial card (6 x 8 in.); 4 x 5 copy negative]

Copy photo of architectural rendering by F. E. Ruffini for the proposed jail. May have also been related to the design for the Collin County and Robertson County jails in McKinney and Franklin.

[See Architectural drawings series for jail plans.]

Photo

1961/001-17

Groesbeck, Texas. Limestone County Jail, [ca. 1880]
[albumen commercial card badly torn around the right edge (5 x 7.5 in.); 4 x 5 copy negative]

Copy photo of architectural rendering by F. E. Ruffini for proposed structure.

Photo

1961/001-18a and 18b

Independent Order of Oddfellows meeting hall, [ca. 1879]
[albumen commercial card (7.5 x 4.5 and 7 x 5 in.), two views mounted on same card]

Copy photos of architectural renderings by F. E. Ruffini for proposed structure.

Photo

1961/001-19a and 19b

Austin, Texas. [Architectural rendering, Old Main Building], University of Texas, F.E. Ruffini, architect,
[rotogravure, 8 x 10, 2 copies]

[See the Specifications and related project records series for documents about this building; see the Alexander Architecture Archive at the University of Texas for architectural drawings.]

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Correspondence, 1883-1885, [188-?], 1899,
0.1 cubic ft.

These papers are correspondence, dating 1883-1885, [188-?], and 1899, of F. E. and Oscar Ruffini, brothers who were architects in Austin and San Angelo, Texas. Most of the correspondence was received by F. E. Ruffini between 1883 and 1885 concerning architectural projects in Austin and Central Texas. A number of letters dating 1883 are from Ernst Scherff regarding his store building in New Braunfels. Other letters provide details of projects and potential projects, including a rejection letter for Ruffini's plans for the Colorado State Capitol, discussions about the Texas State Capitol, and competitions for the Bell, Runnels, and other county courthouses. A number of letters are written in German. Three items comprise Oscar Ruffini's correspondence: an 1899 letter regarding the lease of office space for a post office in San Angelo, and two 1883 letters concerning counter designs from Seidel & Schoenle, manufacturers in St. Louis, Missouri (see related drawings in the Architectural drawings series). See the letterpress copybook in the Specifications and related project records series for a small amount of outgoing correspondence by F. E. Ruffini. See the Alexander Architectural Archive at the University of Texas at Austin for a letterbook, containing correspondence of F. E. and Oscar Ruffini dating 1883-1889.

Arrangement

Correspondence is grouped by brother, divided between incoming and outgoing correspondence, and then arranged chronologically.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Correspondence, Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Processed by

Jean Carefoot, [between 1970 and 1973?]

Eve Collier, May 1982

Tonia J. Wood, April 2002

F. E. Ruffini

Box

1961/001-20

Incoming correspondence:

May 1883

June-July 1883

August-December 1883

January-February 1884

April-June 1884

October-December 1884

February-May 1885

July-October 1885

[188-?]

Outgoing correspondence, 1883-1885

Oscar Ruffini

Box

1961/001-20

Incoming correspondence, 1883, 1899

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Other material, 1883-1885, [188-?], 1898, 1901, 1937, undated,
fractional, 1 artifact

Materials are financial records, a business card, an invitation to bid, a pencil sketch of store counters, a copy of commissioner's court minutes, a fireman's handbook, a lease, certificates, an ink stamp, and advertising materials, dating 1883-1885, [188-?], 1898, 1901, 1937, and undated. Items belonging to F. E. Ruffini include financial records (invoice, receipt, and pencilled notations), a business card, and an invitation to bid for the Shreveport Charity Hospital building. Oscar Ruffini's materials include a copy of commissioner's court minutes from 1884 appointing Oscar Ruffini as superintendent of construction for the Tom Green County courthouse, a 1901 lease of premises for a post office in San Angelo, an 1898 certificate from the Sons of Hermann lodge #177 (text in German), a 1937 certification from the Texas State Board of Architectural Examiners, a fireman's handbook, notations on an envelope, and an ink stamp. Additional materials are from C. Leo Staub advertising his business and his patented Phoenix Construction System and the American Air Cleaning Company's suggested specifications for a vacuum cleaning system.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged by individual or company, then by type of material, then chronologically.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Other material, Ruffini Collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Restrictions on Use

None.

Processed by

Initial inventory, 1961

Jean Carefoot, [between 1970 and 1973?]

Eve Collier, May 1982

Tonia J. Wood, April 2002

Box

1961/001-20

F. E. Ruffini, 1883-1885, [188-?], undated

Oscar Ruffini, 1884, [188-?], 1898, 1901, 1937, undated

C. Leo Staub and American Air Cleaning Company, [ca. 1883], undated

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