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Preferred Citation

Box/folder, Robert W. Stewart, M 242, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University

Acquisition Information

Robert Welton Stewart donated one box of materials in 1987. Robert J. Hermsen donated the remaining materials in October of 1995.

Biographical/Historical Information

Robert Welton Stewart was an architect based in Richmond, Virginia. Born in 1937 in Kansas, Stewart grew up in Minnesota and North Carolina, where he graduated from Duke University. He then received a master's degree from Yale University's School of Architecture. While working as a designer-draftsman with Baskerville & Son and during his employment at David Warren Hardwicke & Partners, Stewart gained the experience he needed to open his own architectural firm, Interplan, in 1972. He died in 1994. Embracing a modern style, Stewart focused on constructing and remodeling residences in Richmond. In 1992, the Historic Richmond Foundation honored Stewart with its Distinguished Preservation Award, which acknowledged his commitment to preserve Richmond's architectural heritage. Stewart's major projects include the Pavilion at Providence Hall for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University's Conference Center, the Master Plan of Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, and Historic Christ Church in Lancaster County, and the north and south wings of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of numerous architectural drawings, photographs, slides, correspondence and office files related to projects undertaken by Robert W. Stewart from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. Most of these materials are architectural drawings of Richmond, Va. area residences. Other materials in the collection help document Stewart's involvement with historic preservation.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged in alphabetical order. The collection is divided into three series. The first section consists of office files and correspondence relating to his architectural commissions. The second section, housed in the scrapbook area of the department, is comprised of slides, negatives and photographs of some of his commissions and of other buildings of interest to Stewart. Many of these slides are of architecturally historic buildings. The last section is made up of architectural drawings and blueprints generated by Stewart's practice. These drawings are located in map case drawers #40-67.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Architects -- Virginia -- Richmond
• Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Richmond.
• Stewart, Robert W. (Robert Welton), 1937-1994