Feb. 25, 2005
Contact: Carol Pendergast
Cal Poly Kennedy Library
(805) 756-5786
Julia Morgan Exhibition at Cal Poly Kennedy Library To Close March 25
SAN LUIS OBISPO -The public is invited to see the exhibit "Julia Morgan: Pioneering Spirit" in the Kennedy Library at Cal Poly before it closes on Friday, March 25.
The exhibit of original drawings and documents by the famed architect chronicles Morgan's training in Paris and commissions on the Central Coast, including the famous Hearst Castle. It features materials selected from the library's Morgan collections, the most extensive in the country. Visitors will see original Morgan sketches, architectural plans and correspondence.
Morgan is perhaps best known for the pioneering work she did for William Randolph Hearst in San Simeon. In addition, she designed many of the buildings at what is now the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, as well as hundreds of private residences in Northern California. Locally she designed the Monday Club on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo and the Minerva Club in Santa Maria. The exhibition commemorates the centennial of Morgan's licensing as an architect, the first women in California to achieve this honor.
The exhibit can be seen 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday except holidays in the Special Collections department, Room 409 of the Kennedy Library,
For more information on the exhibit, please visit www.lib.calpoly.edu and click on the Julia Morgan link, or call 756-2305.
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