Norman Chrisman architectural drawings
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Norman Chrisman architectural drawings
- Date
- 1945-1971 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Chrisman, Norman A., 1923-2016
- Extent
- 4.5 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Architecture, Domestic -- Kentucky -- Bluegrass Region
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Churches -- Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 2018ms031: [identification of item], Norman Chrisman architectural drawings, 1945-1971, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Norman A. Chrisman was born in Pikeville, Kentucky, in 1923. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a civil engineering degree in 1945 and continued his education at M.I.T., where he received his architecture degree in 1949. He married Jean Marie McConnell Chrisman. He served on the boards of Presbyterian Child Welfare Center, Buckhorn, and Presbyterian Homes and Services of Kentucky.
- Chrisman spent 22 years on the MIT Educational Council and was named Henry Stites Barker Fellow. He was a registered architect and engineer. Chrisman served in various offices of the East KY Chapter American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Kentucky Society of Architects, was KSA president in 1967, received the Distinguished Service Award in 1975 and 1979, and in 1991 he was the recipiant of the Oberwarth Award. He also served from 1961 to 1969 on the KY State Board of Registration of Architects and was Board President from 1963 to 1964. In 1962 Chrisman and Kenneth V.L. Miller started the firm Chrisman Miller Architects, which later became Chrisman Miller Wallace, or CMW, in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Norman Chrisman retired from his firm in 1993 and died at the age of 93 in 2016.
- Scope and Content
- The Norman Chrisman architectural drawings (dated 1945-1971; 4.5 cubic feet; 1 flat file drawer, 1 box) comprise architectural drawings that document residential, commercial, and religious buildings in Lexington, Kentucky, and eastern Kentucky. Other cities represented in the collection include Pikeville and Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Also included in the collection are examples of his student work from his undergraduate degree at the University of Kentucky and graduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Types of buildings represented include banks, residences, apartments, and churches.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Student drawings from University of Kentucky and M.I.T., 1945-1949
Architectural drawings, 1951-1971
Bart N. Peak residence, Lexington, Kentucky, 1951
First Presbyterian Church, Pikeville, Kentucky, 1952
Citizens Union Bank building, Lexington, Kentucky, 1955
Robert Stephen residence, Lexington, Kentucky, 1955
Union Bank building, Lexington, Kentucky, 1956
Chapel-Science Building for Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky, 1957
Apartment, unidentified location, undated
Choir railing for Presbyterian Church, Mount Sterling, Kentucky, undated
Unidentified plans, unidentified location, undated
Unidentified plans, unidentified location, undated
Greathouse residence, Lexington, Kentucky, 1955
Ward Building, Pikeville, Kentucky, 1955
Guerant residence, Danville, Kentucky, 1958
Dupuy residence, Pikeville, Kentucky, 1958
Meadowthorpe Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Kentucky, 1959
KOA Kampground, Lexington, Kentucky, 1971
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