Charles M. Robinson's
Architectural Drawings

Altoona High School – R&W – (15th Between 5th and 6th) Altoona Tribune

1889

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Markland Residence (Broad Avenue at 22nd Street)

1889

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Punxsutawney 12-Room Brick School ($65,000 Pittsburgh Daily Post R&W)

1889

Pennsylvania 

Garfield School

1890

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Nicholson Building

1890

Altoona, Pennsylvania

DuBois: New School Building ($25,000–$35,000) – Altoona Mirror

1890

Pennsylvania 

McKeesport: Three School Buildings – R&W – Pittsburgh Daily Post

12.11.1890

Pennsylvania 

First Ward School (Webster) Alterations to Add Third Floor

1890 & 1900

Altoona, Pennsylvania

First United Brethren Church (8th & 12th Street) Altoona Tribune

1891

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Bellwood: Bellwood Methodist Church

1891

Pennsylvania 

Charles M. Robinson Point View Cottage (Williamsburg, PA)

ca. 1891

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Johnstown: Grove Avenue Methodist Church, Moxham

ca. 1891

Pennsylvania 

Johnstown: Two New Schools—an 8-room and a 12-room

ca. 1891

Pennsylvania 

Waynesburg: South Ward School

ca. 1891

Pennsylvania 

Altoona Methodist Church – Altoona Tribune

1892

Altoona, Pennsylvania

McHale Building 1321 11th Avenue (_____)

1892

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Roaring Spring: Methodist Church

1892

Pennsylvania 

Mountain City Hebrew Synagogue (Moorish and Byzantine Design) 1433 13th Avenue

1894

Altoona, Pennsylvania

James T. Robinson Sunny Mount Farm, Brush Mountain, Near Ant Hills, Hollidaysburg

1894

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Lincoln Public School, Altoona, PA

1894

1894

Altoona, PA

CMR

CMR

178

"Robinson & Snyder Architects Nicholson Building Altoona PA, Drexel Building, Philadelphia, PA"

Blair County Almshouse Addition

1895

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Markleton Sanitarium

1895

Pennsylvania 

Parker’s Landing Presbyterian Church ($15,000) – R&W – Pittsburgh Press

1895

Pennsylvania 

Roaring Spring Bank

1895

Pennsylvania 

Central Trust Company Building (1218 11th Avenue) Robinson & Winkler

1896

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Cunningham Building (11th Avenue at 10th Street)

1896

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Fairview Cemetery Chapel (not built)

1896

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Charles M. Robinson House 1910 West Chestnut Avenue

1896

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Charles Von Lunen Residence

1896

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Logan Township School - Hamilton District

ca. 1896

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Adams School

1897

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Clarion: New Alms House ($40,000) – Altoona Tribune

1897

Pennsylvania 

Coraopolis: 8-Room School House ($20,000) R&W – Pittsburgh Daily Post

1897

Pennsylvania 

Duncansville Town Hall

1897

Pennsylvania 

Ebensburg: Barker Building, Masonic Temple

6.19.1897

Pennsylvania 

Grace Lutheran Church (12th and 11th)

1898

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Charles & Thomas Baltzell Mansion (1222 12th Avenue, demolished by First Methodist Episcopal Church)

1898

Pennsylvania 

Roaring Spring: Bethel Church (Church of God)

1898

Pennsylvania 

Roaring Spring: Residence for Postmaster Edward Hair

1898

Pennsylvania 

Altoona Masonic Building (new) – R&W – Altoona Tribune

11.16.1898

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Lincoln High School

1898–1899

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Bridgeville: 12-room Public School ($40,000) – R&W – Pittsburgh Daily Post

1899

Pennsylvania 

Pittsburgh: St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church

1899

Pennsylvania 

Potter County Home – Altoona Mirror

1899

Pennsylvania 

South Ward Schoolhouse – Altoona Mirror

1889; 1963

Altoona, Pennsylvania

First Evangelical Lutheran Church (12th Avenue at 14th Street)

1899; 2.20.1899

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Curwensville School House

2.18.1899

Pennsylvania 

Second: 6-Room with Auditorium on Third Floor

3.15.1899; 2.7.1900

Pennsylvania 

Chartiers Township: $80,000 New School – R&W&MacDonald – Pittsburg Press

3.23.1899

Pennsylvania 

Altoona Hospital 3-story Women’s Ward

1900

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Blair County Almshouse

1900

Altoona, Pennsylvania

German Catholic School (St. Mary’s)

1900

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Tieonesta: Forest County National Bank Building – Altoona Tribune

1900

Pennsylvania 

Tieonesta: New County Home of Forest County – Altoona Tribune

2.7.1900

Pennsylvania 

Fair Haven: 8-Room Brick & Stone School ($30,000 Pittsburgh Daily Post R&W)

1900; 7.18.1900

Pennsylvania 

McKeesport: New Wooden Viaducts for the approaches to the Youghiogheny River Bridge at 13th Street – Pittsburgh Dispatch

7.18.1900

Pennsylvania 

Second National Bank (13th Street Between 10th and 11th)

6.5.1900

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh: Highland Realty Subdivision – 6++ “High End” houses on the West Side of Portland Avenue, Near Hampton Street in the North Negley District – R&W – Pittsburgh Press

6.27.1901

Pennsylvania 

Johnstown: New City Hall ($50,000 Altoona Tribune)

1901

Pennsylvania 

Johnstown: Opera House

1901

Pennsylvania 

Perryopolis: 3-Story Brick School ($20,000) – R&W – Pittsburgh Daily Post

1901

Pennsylvania 

Altoona Hospital Annex

1902

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Fifth Ward (Miller School)

1902

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Moxham: Methodist Episcopal Church at Moxham ($10,000–$12,000) – Altoona Tribune

1902

Pennsylvania 

Roaring Spring: E. A. Freight House on Water Street

1902

Pennsylvania 

Big Run: Brick School House ($15,000) – R&W – Pittsburgh Daily Post

4.2.1902

Pennsylvania 

Altoona Hospital

1903

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Bloomfield: New Jail – Perry County Democrat

7.26.1904

Pennsylvania 

Broad Avenue Presbyterian Church

1905

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Altamont Hotel

1905; 5.12.1905

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Altoona Iron Works Company Office, Shop & Stable Bldgs (30th Street near 9th Avenue)

5.13.1905

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Clearfield County Poor House

5.17.1905

Pennsylvania 

Martinsburg Lutheran Church

8.12.1905

Pennsylvania 

Pittsburgh: East Pittsburgh 8-Room, 3-Story School ($30,000) R&W Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette

9.29.1905

Pennsylvania 

New Bloomfield: Jail

1.15.1906

Pennsylvania 

Tyrone Opera House

4.18.1906

Pennsylvania 

Pittsburgh: Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church

1906; 4.22.1906

Pennsylvania 

Punxsutawney Methodist Episcopal Church Church

8.15.1906

Pennsylvania 

Patton: School Addition

8.22.1906

Pennsylvania 

Bellwood: Robinson Machine Company – Alterations and Additions for Conversion

5.22.1907

Pennsylvania 

Ebensburg: Summit Lodge #312 – New Lodge Room – Altoona Tribune

5.26.1907

Pennsylvania 

St. Mary’s: Elk County Home

6.27.1907

Pennsylvania 

Irwin & Wray Department Store in Bellwood (Corner Cambria & Main Streets)

11.17.1907

Pennsylvania 

Logan Township School - Glen White

unknown

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Logan Township School - Coleman District

unknown

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Masonic Temple (11th Street)

unknown

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Patrick W. Finn Residence (2606 Broad Avenue)

unknown

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Wright School Third Story Alterations to Four Rooms

unknown

Pennsylvania 

Johnstown: Trinity United Methodist Church (5th and Beech Avenues)

unknown

Pennsylvania 

Stowe Township: Two 3-story McKees Rocks School Buildings for $45,000 (Pittsburgh Daily Post)

unknown

Pennsylvania 

First: 8-Room with Auditorium on Third Floor

unknown

Pennsylvania 

Waynesburg: Peoples Bank and Office Building (Pittsburg Daily Post R&W)

unknown

Pennsylvania 

James Madison University Campus Master Plan

1907

1907ish

James Madison University - JMU

CMR

None

Large architectural rendering

North Side Baptist Church, Richmond, VA - Third Avenue and Fourqureans Lane

1907

Oct. 1907

Richmond, VA

CMR

CMR

1512

Signed "Approved Nov 26 1907, Charles M. Robinson, Architect, R. J. Gallespie, CB Aresenall, Chairman of Committee 8 Sheets" - Wonderful Small Gothic Church - Custom Gargoils on the tower, immaculate interior design

Dormitory and Classroom Building for a Williamsburg, Virginia Private School (Not William & Mary)

1907

Sept. 1907

Williamsburg, VA

CMR

CMR

1510

"Charles M. Robinson, Archt, 10th & Main Sts, Richmond, VA" each page is signed "W. M. Hunter, Pres., Geo G. Ware, M. W. Galye" Much custom woodwork and windows. Superb Huge 3 floor building. Not Colonial Architecture. "Name of School" to go on front with Coninthian Colums.

South Boston High School

1907

Aug. 1907

South Boston, VA

CMR

CMR

1508

Amazing Design on huge Waxed Linen sheets. HVAC is more complex than later designs with 6 Funaces. Complex foundation plan. Basement = Boys' and Girls' Toilet and a Fuel Space and Fresh Air Room. "Chas. M. Robinson, School Architect, 10th & Main Streets, Richmond, VA." 8 Rooms on first floor with shared "Vented Wardrobe" sets with sliding blackboards. Second floor is four school rooms with large auditorium. Super exterior with Brick front and Expanded metal lathe and plaster between windows. Concrete base. Name of school over a brick arch with keystone. Slate Roof

High School for South Hill, VA

1907

Aug. 1907

South Hill, VA

CMR

CMR

1509

Pages are Lettered A-F and not numbered. Definitely a custom Commission. Looks like half a building with the porch at far left. Large Corinthian Colums. Slate Roof. Brick. Between window sets is stucco on wire lath. "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, Richmond, Virginia." (Spelled-Out). Custom wood Roff truses. Custom doorways. Basement has a "Heater" with "Old Railway Rails" Exteror ventilation. 1st Floor Appears Radiating heat into "Ventilated Wardrobe" x2--one for each classrom. Blackboard. Classrooms are "School Room" Library has no heat source. Large Hallway. Second floor is a huge auditorium and a "Ante Room." Custom woodwork and rafters. This is an evolving design design.

Robinson, C.C. Cottage, Chesterfield

1907ish

1910s

Richmond, VA

CMR

CCR

16300B

Not Signed - Wood Plank "Slabs" for Siding Signed "Cottage for CC Robinson" - 2 Bedrooms - Large Fireplace

Cottage at Laburnum for Mr. Charles M. Robinson, Charles M. Robinson, Inc. Architects

1907ish

Undated

Richmond, VA

CMR

16-300

He Appears to have drawn himself - He has signed "C M Robinson" 2 Bedroom "Owner's Room," "Sewing Room,' 6' 9" Bathtub, "Chicken House"

Robinson, C.C. Residence

1908+/-

No date

Richmond, VA

CMR

16-300F

4 Bedroom Colonial Wood House - Nothing on the Plans states this is actually THE residence for CC Robinson - Unsigned. 4 Bedrooms. Detailed Interior and Exterior

The Lee School for Girls, Alexandria, Virginia

1908

Jun. 1908

Lee School for Girls

CMR

CMR

1535

"Charles M. Robinson, Architect, Richmond, VA" - Memorial Pedistal Sheet, Massive Design - Red Brick with Reinforced concrete exposed below windows with stucco. The Brick is drawn in in Red. 354,848 Cu Foot. - Massive Design. One of CMR's Best Designs

"School Bvilding Svrry C. H. Virginia."

1908

May-08

Surry Court House, VA

CMR

CMR

1529

Custom Commission - "v" and "V" for "U" on each page. Signed in pencil on the first page "These plans were approved by R. C. Stern, Sect'y for State Supt., Jan 18th 1908." "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, Richmond, VA." Foundation plan has a fresh air duct. 1st Floor = 2 classroms with Jacketed Stoves and a Vent Stack next to the wardrobe, whic is labeled "Vent 8' x 12" and "Wardrobe." This may be just before the term "Ventilated wardrobe was coined. 1st floor Principals Office has a fireplace with a "Slate Hearth." Second floor exact set-up but the corner is the "Library" with a stone hearth. Weatherborded siding with brick foundation and chimneys. Slate roof over building and a simple porch. Brick in Red. This is a different hand of drawing than the plans that start appearing just later. No initials on plans. No ornamentation. This building looks more like a large house. Pencil note on first page "Cost $3,597"

Urbanna High School

1908

Jul. 1908

Urbanna, VA

CMR

CMR

1563

"Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, Richmond, VA" with "Approved July 20, 1908 Sheets 1 to 7 inclusive, J. D. Eggleston, Jr., Supt of Public Instruction." Exterior Brick with Reinforced Concrete Stucco between window pairs Brick arch for entry with cut keystone. Slate-shingled dormer with flagpole out of slate roof. Twin side brick chimneys. Basement not excavated except for twin side furnaces and some ductwork and twin "wood coal bin"s. 1st Floor = 4-35 pupil classrooms. Twin wardrobe sets but not labeled as "ventilated." Second floor is a HUGE Auditorium with visible ceiling joists and a side state. Radiant heat. Also Principal's office and library. Not the standard design set.

"Pvblic School Broadway - Rockingham Co. VA."

1908

Apr. 1908

Rockingham, VA

CMR

CMR

1526

This appears to have been a spec design. Again using "V" and "v" rather than the "U" in many places. The plans are in ink on linen, but the title, date and commission number were written (by CMR) in pencil. Basement = Two "FWaxed Linen Rooms" and a Girl's Toilet and Boy's toilet. Two furnaces with vents. 1st Floor = 4 classrooms and a principal's office. "Wardrobe" in each room with heat registers venting but there is not the term "Ventilated" 2nd floor = 2 classrooms and an "Avditoivm" with a center-side stage. Absolutely beautiful rendering of the school with each red brick drawn in. Rough Quarry stone foundation, brick, slate roof, Corinthian Columsn, Coupola with tin. Flagpole. Stunning exterior pages.

Dayton High School Ashby District, Rockingham County, VA

1908

Jan. 1908

Rockingham, VA

CMR

CMR

1513

"Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, 10th & Main Sts., Richmond, VA" Classic 4:4:4 Design. Twin fuel rooms and twin fresh air (with furnace rooms) and Girls and Boys Toilet Rooms in basement. 1st Floor = 4 40 pupil classrooms and principals office. Twin "Vent Stack" pairs adjacent to Wardrobes, not labeled as "Ventilated." 2nd floor = auditorium and two school rooms. Exterior is brick without porch. Roof is slate without coupola. Slope of roof drawn in in pencil. Window with brick arch at second floor. Simple entry with glass on either side of and top of door. "Dayton High School" painted reverse on glass. Rough Quarry face stone on foundation.

Harrisonburg High School (Original)

1908

May 1908

Harrisonburg Public Schools

CMR

CMR

1527

Superb massive drawing set of a custom commission. Small sheet for design of Marble builder's plaque with architect's name. Basement plan shows rear - "Boys' Yard" and "Girls' Yard. Massive furnace room and fuel space. Large "Girl's Recreation Room" -- but no boys. Large fuel space and two areas unexcavated. This building does not appear to have indoor toilets. Huge stair hall at rear. Massive portico with 3-2' colums. 4 classrooms for 60 on first floor. 2nd floor = "Physical & Chemical Laboratory, two classrooms for 30 and a large "Stvdy Hall" for one 150 with "ceiling light" from octagonal coupola above. 2nd floor classrooms have a doored cloakroom. NO Vented wardrobes. Coupola has glass to reflect light. Cut-a-Way plan shows light coming through to "stvdy hall." Superbe exterior with "random rock-face local stones, dressed beds and joints." Massive archay. Massive Corinthian composition caps. Super design drawing of "Section of Reinforced Concrete Between Windows."

Science Hall (Maury Hall)

1908

Oct. 1908

Madison College (JMU)

CMR

CMR

1618

"Charles M. Robinson School Architect Richmond VA"

Dormitory #1 (Jackson Hall)

1908

Oct. 1908

Madison College (JMU)

CMR

CMR

1619

Pencil "No. 1" added above "Dormitory." Here's the bluestone design of rough stone - some drawn in in brown. Some pencil changes and notes.

Lexington High School

1908

Aug. 1908

Lexington, VA

CMR

CMR

1586

Signed in a signature spot "Approved Aug 14, 1908, J. D. Eggleston, Jr., Supt't Public Instruction, Sheets 1 to 8 inclusive." Definitely a custom design. Large pages. "Rocked Faced" stone foundation with brick avove. Large Wood colums go all the way up over the portico with a cement stucco cap and a flagpole. Slate roof. Lots of windows at entry with a brick arch and a cut keystone. Basement is a Boy's and Girl's Recreation Room pair (no toilet and twin furnace rooms (very complex (with ductwork)). For 5 classrooms on first floor with one smaller to match a Principal's office - unusual design. Wardrobes have the HVAC return, but are not called "Ventilated." Rolling curtains with the blackbords as doors. Second floor is all auditorium. Custom Ventilation page. Several x-sheets are present with change designs for trusses. They are attached by straight pins.

Louisa High School

1908

1908

Louisa Court House, VA

CMR

CMR

1501

The only thing about this that is "1908" is a blue crayon. "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, 10th & Main Sts., Richmond, VA. Drawing No. 1501." Sheets are lettered not numbered. "High School Building, Louisa C. H. Va." may or may not have been put in later. Definitely a very early design. Superb exterior. Brick with rough, cut keystones over all first floor windows. Spanish-type offset over second floor dormers. Simple coupola with tin roof. This is an almost childlike set of plans compared to those immediately later. Basement has "Boys Recreation Room and Toilets" and "Girls Recreation Room and Toilets" and there are twin furnace rooms. 1st Floor = Four classrooms with "Ventilated----->" and "<----Wardrobes"--Could this be the first experimentation with the terms? Four classrooms on the first floor and a "Library" but Libary changed to "Class Room." Second Floor are two small clss rooms and an "Assembly Hall" with stage. Plat shows setbacks for a lawn.

Ashwood High School Bath Co., Va.

1908

Jun. 1908

Bath County, VA

CMR

CMR

1551

Definitely a custom commisson. On page 1 "Approved July 20, 1908 Pages 1 to 8 Inclusived, J. D. Eggleston, Jr., Sup't of Public Instruction." "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, Richmond, VA." Also in pencil on the first page "These Plans were approved by R. C. Stearn, Secy State Board of Education, June 18, 1908." 2 Coal Funaces in Basement with Ventilation duce and Fresh Air intake rooms. Four classrooms on first floor with wardrobes adjacent and blue ducts - NOT "Ventilated." Second floor is large "Avditorivm" with heat source at either end. Weatherboarded sidding with a terraced slate roof. Bell tower with slate roof with large flag pole.

"Love's Shop High School Bannister District - Halifax Co. Virginia"

1908

Jul. 1908

Halifax County, VA

CMR

CMR

1565

71,830 Cu Foot. Rendering is an amazing design with brick colored in red. "Approved July 20, 1908 1 to 8 inclusive, J. D. Eggleston, Jr., Sup't of Public Instruction" on first page. Weatherboarded 2-story building with brick foundation and chimneys, and a terraced slate roof. Bell tower with a huge flag pole with flag drawn in. Basement = two coal furnaces with asbestos-wrapped pipe, a large fresh air room and a large fuel space. Four claassrooms on first floor with wardrobe that has blue vents drawn in but not referred to as "Ventilated." Second floor is all auditorium with heat ducts. Custom page of Heating and Ventilating. An amazing design.

"Crabbottom School Highland Covnty Virginia."

1908

Apr. 1908

Highland County, VA

CMR

CMR

1519

Use of "V" instead of "U." "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, Cor 10th & Main Sts, Richmond, VA." Definitely a custom commission. Foundation plan is just that--no heating system. 1st Floor = 4 class roomas around a central hallway. There is a common heater for each two rooms. "Wardrobe" adjacent to heater shows "Opening above 18" x 20"" "Blackboard to slide up." Second floor is a "Avitorivm" and "Bvsiness Office" and "Mvsic Room." Watherboard siding over brick foundation. Simple boxed colums support a slate roof over the front porch. Second Porch roof is slate - main building is salte roof. Brick chimneys. Custom wall joists.\

Public School Building Manassas Prince William Co., Va

1908

Jul. 1908

Manassas, VA

CMR

CMR

1560

"Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, 10th & Main Sts., Richmond, VA" - Massive set of plans. Signed on first page "Approved July 20, 1908, Sheets 1 to 9 Inclusive, J. D. Eggleston, Jr. Supt. Of Public Instruction" and with signatures, J. L. Payne, Chairman, and C. W. C. Russel, Clerk, Manassas School District No. 5." Random Range Stone Foundation, Large Wood two-story colums (6) with Corinthian Caps, Wood Lentil and Cement Stucco Top. Slate roof witha huge Coupola with turned ballustrades and copper top. Custom side fire escapes in blue. Custom windows. Basement = Girls and Boys toilet and recreation rooms and fuel room and twin furnace rooms. 1st Floor = Principal's Office and 4-45 pupil classrooms. 2nd floor is 5 classrooms (1-39,, 2-35 and 2-45). Extremently classick HVAC & Sanitation page. Trap door to Coupola.

High School Waverly, Virginia

1908

Jul. 1908

Waverly, VA

CMR

CMR

1558

Appears to be a custom commission. 192,375 Cu Feet. Large basement with Boy's and Girls' Recreation Rooms and Fuel Room and twin furnace rooms. First Floor is 5-(1x33, 2x38, 2x45) pupil classrooms plus pairs of "Wardrobes." 2nd floor = 2 45 pupil classrooms (same HVAC plan) and three rooms (Recitation (2x35) and Study Hall (60)), the latter three all coiling partitions that can be rolled to allow for conversion to one large room. Exterior is brick with Concrete cement stucco between window pairs, a concrete cement stucco faux fouundation, for larged corinthian columns leading to a porch that has ballustrades. Slate sloped roof. Coupola with copper top that has custom iron to make it look like a gazebo. "Charles M. Robinosn, School Architect, 10th & Main Sts., Richmond, VA." has signature spot "Approved July 20, 1908, Sheets 1 to 10 inclusive, J. D. Eggleston, Jr., Supt, Public Instruction."

"School Bvilding West Alexandria, Virginia."

1908

May-08

Alexandria, VA

CMR

CMR

1536

Foundation plan has a central furnace, Girls and Boy's Toilets and A Fuel Room. 1st Floor = 2 classrooms, Principal's Office and a Hallway. Vent work next to wardrobes with rolling curtains and not "ventilated." Second floor is one classroom and a "Stvdy Hall." Stunning Exterior renderings with brick drawn in in red. Brick Colums for porch. Slate Roof.

School Building at Fort Myer Heights, Alexandria Co., VA

1908

Dec. 1908

Alexandria, VA

CMR

CMR

1624

Definitely a custom commission. Large building (Similar to Lexington but with Corinthian Columns and only 4) with massive front porch with columns and a brick archway with a cut keystone. Coupolo is open and has a copper top. Roof Sloped. Brick Face with Reinforced Concrete with Stucco Face between window pairs. Basement = Girls and Boys toilet and crcreation room and twin "Stack Heater Firing Room" and Fresh air room set. Large fuel space at rear. First floor = two 45 pupil classrooms, Second = two Classrooms but with Rolling Partitions. Wardrobes separate from HVAC and are with rolling curtains.

Agricultural High School Appomattox VA

1908

May-08

Appomattox, VA.

CMR

CMR

1528

A huge custom design. In the basemente a complex 2 coal furnace set up. Girls' Toilet and Boys' Toilet Rooms on either side of the fuel room. "Domestic Science" and "Manual Training" rooms. 1st floor is five classrooms around a central hall. Second floor five rooms around a central hall. Custom window work. Rendering is with red brick drawn in. Brick face with concrete cement stucco. Huge two story front porch with 20' corinthian wood columns leading to abllustrades. Tiered slate roof. Terra cotta gutters. Custom HVAC page. This is a seminal design, now perfected on a grand scale. "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, 10th and Main Sts., Richmond, VA."

School Building Barhamsville, VA New Kent Co.

1908

Aug. 1908

Barhamsville, VA

CMR

CMR

1597

Signature of J. D. Eggleston, Jr. appears in the signature spot on the first page but is undated. - "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, Richmond, VA" - Very simple one-story deising, Weatherboard siding, but with brick, vented foundation and brick chimnies. Two classrooms. Two cloak rooms. A vestibule. A rolling partition would make one room. Some sort of jacketed stove heats the room with warm air brought in--and there is anice design of this for each room - a brick furnace with "No. 1. American" drawn in. Custom Woodwork. An exceptionally-simple design

High School Building at Hume, Fauquier Co., VA."

1908

Jul. 1908

Fauquier County, VA

CMR

CMR

1564

Signed on first page over rendering "Approved Sheets 1 to 8 inclusive, J. D. Eggleston, Jr. Supt., of Public Instruction." Four Classrooms over the first floor but with a full auditorium in the middle of the second floor which fits nicely under the sloped slate roof design. Custom Heating and Ventilation design to pull air from the Fresh air roomo in the basement. MultileWaxed Linen slate rooflines, brick with stone accents. Amazing design

Agricultural High School, Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia

1908

Aug. 1908

Middleton, VA

CMR

CMR

1571

176,660 Cu Ft. Massive building with ornate porch with corinthian columns. Brick face with Concrete cement stucco between window pairs. Slate Roof. "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, 10th & Main Sts., Richmond, VA." Signature spot "Approved, Aug 13, 1908, Sheets 1 to 9 inclusive, J. D. Eggleston, Jr., Sup't Public Instruction." Wonderful exterior rendering. Basement has "Domestic Science" and "Manual Trainig" Rooms, and Girls' and Boy's Toilet Rooms and fuel room and twin furnaces. First floor is four 45 pupil classrooms and a principals office at rear. Second floor is a 35 capacity recitation room, a 60 capacity study hall and a second 35 capacity recitation room, 45 pupil class room and 45 pupil laboratory. "Wardrobe" not apparently ventilated, but does have a rolling curtain. Study Hall walls have Coiling Partition that allows for making an auditorium.

School Building for Oak Level, VA

1908

Mar. 1908

Oak Level, VA

CMR

CMR

1517

1st page says "Schooll Building…" (2 "Ls") "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, 10th & Main Sts., Richmond, VA." Two Story, Weatherboard siding building with simple front porch with simple boxed wood colums with slate roof over porch and main building. Long Waxed Linen pages. 4 classrooms on first floor each with a "jacketer stove" vented to outside. Custom Detail on windows. 2nd floor has two classrooms at front and an auditorium at rear with "Rolling partitions if desired." This appears to have been a custom - not spec - design. 2 pages of earlier designs with a more central heater where ultimately changed to one for each room.

School Building at Ivor, Southampton Co., VA

1908

Jan. 1908

Southampton, VA

CMR

CMR

1515

No strange use of "v" - Definitely a custom commission. "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, 10th & Main Sts., Richmond, VA" Complex basement plan with two coal funaces. Corner placement of "Girls' Toilet" and "Boys' Toilet." Pencil notations on first page "70,000 cu. ft." and "Total Cost $8,566. 1st floor = Four rooms but not quartered. Large Hallway and Vestibule. Second Floor Large auditorium with small corner stage off a dressing room and Library and Principal's Office. Brick Exterior with Galvanized Iron between windows. Concrete with stucco face for foundation. Porch with Corinthian Colums. Almost a colonial revival type porch. Wonderful design.

West Lynchburg School - Brookville District - Campbell County, VA

1908

Jan. 1908

Lynchburg, VA

CMR

CMR

1516

Definitely a custom commission. Basement is 2 fuel rooms and twin furnaces with ductwork and Girls and Boys toilet rooms. First floor is four classrooms and a principal's office. Wardrobes not labeled as ventilated. Rolling currtains. 2nd floor is large auditorium with side stage and two classrooms. Front has a four column Doric caps with "WEST LYNCHBURG SCHOOL." bRICK FRONT WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE WITH STUCCO between windows. Sloped Slate Roof. Coupola without flagpole with tin roof. Louvers make it not open. Brick arch over front door.

Public School East Ward Radford, VA

1908

Jun. 1908

Radford, VA

CMR

CMR

1554

Almost the exact same design as 1555, but some subtile differences, inlcuing four columns on the front porcth (vs. 6) and no porch top--only a flat roof with a ballustrade row. Also signed and dated (July6, 1908) by J. D. Eggleston, Jr. No blueprints

Public School West Ward Radford, VA

1908

Jun. 1908

Radford, VA

CMR

CMR

1555

Includes 4 Blueprints dated 11/16/08 of "The American System" drawn by The American Heating & Ventialtion Co., Consulting and Contracting Engineers 628-30 Perry Building Philadelphia. They ("WHR") have definitely re-drawn the Robinson plans for the floors. Exterior rendering is unlike any other - 3 colors (Black, Red (for Brick) and Blue (for slate roof). Large ionic wood columns (six) represent a massive front porch. Twin chimneys, no coupola. Large flower window above door (would be perfected in colonial revival at W&M in the late 20s). Cement stucco foundation. Massive 176,660 sq. feet. Basement = Fuel room and twin furnace rooms, girls and boy's recreation rooms and toilet rooms. 1st floor = 4-45 pupil classrooms and principal's office. 2nd floor is 2-45 person classrooms and a large room with coiling partitions broken into 2-35 pupil recitation rooms and a 60-person study hall. Custom HVAC and Sanitation Plan. Amazing to have the HVAC company's blueprints.

Varina High School

1908

Jun. 1908

Henrico County, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1530

Drawn by CMR. Page 1 has "Approved July 16 1908 Sheets 1-9 Inclusive, J. D. Eggleston, Jr., Supt. Of Public Instruction" Fill-in blank with signature spot. 4 Classrooms first floor. Auditorium on second floor with Principal's Office as big as the Library. Absolutely gorgeous brick front desgin with Reinforced Concrete Cement Stucco accents and beautiful porch with Ionic colums. "FLAG" written in next to flagpole

School Building - Corner Jefferson & Wythe Streets (Duncan Brown)

1908

Feb. 1908

Petersburg, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1514

"Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, 10th & Main Sts., Richmond, VA" - Massive 255,475 cu. Foot building with much custom design of rafters and trusses and an amazing heating design

First English Lutheran Evangelical Church

1909

Sept. 1909

Richmond, VA

CMR

CMR

1650

Push-pin holes in corners (cool) Signed "Approved Sheets 1 to 10 inclusive C. M. Robinson, Architect, Harwood & Moss, Contractor" on first page.

Highland Park School

1909

Apr. 1909

Richmond, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1623

New Kent Court House

1909

Apr. 1909

New Kent County, VA

CMR

CMR

1647

Ionic Columns - Massive Design - Wonderful Exterior Pages - 1 Story Bulding

Dormitory #2 - Ashby Hall

1909

Dec. 1909

Madison College (JMU)

CMR

CMR

1693

"Charles M. Robinson / School Architect" - Absolutely wonderful Exterior Views that set the style of architecture to follow

Big Island School

1909

Jul. 1909

Bedford County, VA

CMR

CMR

1672

1-story with 3 classrooms. Brick foundation with weatherboard siding and slate roof. Nothing on this set says "Big Island" but the old housing does. This may have been a stock school design where someone in the past assigned it to "Big Island."

Clarendon School

1909

Aug. 1909

Alexandria, VA

CMR

CMR

1675

No where on these plans does it say "Clarendon School" except for the paper folder. The area for the nameplate is blank. Was he designing spec schools? Someone has written in pencil "Clarendon School." Elaborate Brick exterior with Reinforced concrete stucco between windows. Elaborate porch with Composition corinthian colums. Amazing Coupola with Copper top over a slate roof. Basementn has separate Boy's Toilet and Girl's Toilet Rooms. Boilers surround fresh air space. Basement has "Domestic Science and Recreation Room" and a "Manual Training and Recreation Room." 1st Floor = 4 quartered clssrooms with a Principal's Office drawn in in pencil. 2nd Floor = 2 classrooms and a 275 seat auditorium with stage in center-side.

High School Amelia C. H., Amelia County, VA

1909

Sept. 1909

Amelia Court House, VA

CMR

CMR

1684

Page 1 with Rndering of School signed "Approved Sheets 1-7 inclusive, J. D. Eggleston, Jr. Superintendent of Public Instruction." Handwritten notes. 4 over 4 two story but with only two classrooms on the second floor because of an auditorium. Superior design all respects. "Charles M. Robinson, School Architect, Richmond, VA."

Montavale School

1909

Jun. 1909

Bedford County, VA

CMR

CMR

1665

Nothing but the paper folder states "Montvale School." The nameplate box is blank. Sheets are numbered. Basement has boilers and fresh air rooms. 1st Floor = 2 classroms and "Ventilated Wardrobes" above the fresh air rooms. 2nd floor = 2 classrooms as wings to a 170 capacity auditorium. Custom Joist page. Exterior has a custom sloping angled shingle roof. Siding is weatherboard. Windows very large to each clasroom.

Public School Danville, VA (Rison Park High School)

1909

Jan. 1909

Danville, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1625

Absolutely mammoth set of drawings - very similar in design to William Fox. An amazing page of heating system drawings

Boys Dormitory Building - Massive 5 Story Building

1909

Jun. 1909

Eastern College

CMR

CMR

1666

Like "Parisian Mansion" type bulding - Super set of plans

Elk Creek Training School, Elk Creek, Grayson, Co., VA

1909

Jan. 1909

Elk Creek, VA

CMR

CMR

1626

Definitely a custom commission. Large 256,500 cu foot building in classic Robinson design. Basement = 2 Fresh Air Rooms, twin furnaces, fuel rooms and Boys and Girls Toilet Rooms. First Floor = Four classrooms with pairs of "Ventilated Wardrobes," small library and small principal's office. Second floor is five classrooms. Rolling curtains for blackboards. Classrooms have pencil numbers for pupil size. Third floor is an auditorium with "seating capacity of 500." Sloping Floors. Vaulted ceilings. Custom HVAC and Truss Plans. Exterior brick with reinforced concrete between windows. Large porch with turned wood columns and ionic caps. Rear view with custom fire escapes in blue. Superior design.

School for Flat Rock, Grayson Co., VA

1909

Mar. 1909

Grayson County, VA

CMR

CMR

1645

Not a spec design. Custom School for Flat Rock. Tin Roof. Weatherboard Siding. Looks more like a church building than a school. Colonial Revival Window on second floor. No exterior ornamentation. Functionality only. Large Coupola as a bell tower with Tin and a big flapole. Custom Joist design. No central heat from basement. On either side of first floor is a Furnace pulling air from and into the wardrobes. "Rolling Partition" exposes the Wardrobes. First floor has 4 plus a principal's office. Second floor is a huge auditorium with stage with dressing rooms on either side of stage. An amazing functional but simple design.

Catawba School (Exact Same Design as Montgomery Forks)

1909

Aug. 1909

Halifax County, VA

CMR

CMR

1674

Title on Plans is 'School Buildings Montgomery Forks & Catawba, Halifax Co., VA." 2 large rooms on 2nd Floor, 4 quartered classrooms on first. No boiler or central heat. "Grossius Heater" in each room pulling air from the wardrobes. Earliest ventilated wardrobe? Weatherboard exterior with slate roof. No ornamentation. No flag pole. Extremely functional design.

Montgomery Forks School (Exact Same Design as Catawba)

1909

Aug. 1909

Halifax County, Va

CMR

CMR

1673

Title on Plans is 'School Buildings Montgomery Forks & Catawba, Halifax Co., VA." 2 large rooms on 2nd Floor, 4 quartered classrooms on first. No boiler or central heat. "Grossius Heater" in each room pulling air from the wardrobes. Earliest ventilated wardrobe? Weatherboard exterior with slate roof. No ornamentation. No flag pole. Extremely functional design.

Orange County Court House - Suubstantial Alterations and Additions

1909

Apr. 1909

Orange, VA

CMR

CMR

1649

Super Nice Shingle Details - Labeled Alterations and Addtion but this is a very substanital rework with Tuscan Order Column Style

High School for Strausburg, VA

1909

Mar. 1909

Strasburg, VA

CMR

CMR

1637

This looks like a set of plans where there was a [__] drawn and the buyer of the plans name would be written in later. In this case, "High School For Strausburg, VA" was written in. Custom Trim with Brick but reinforced concrete stucco between windows and a reinforced concrete lentle. A cut stone over an archway holds a huge flagpole with Wrought-Iron Strips. Wrought Iron Railing over the front porch. Slate Roof. An amazing complex design for only a 2 over 2 classroom building. Custom Joist work. Exteremely complex Heating Ventilation and Sanitation page. "Charles M. Robinson School Architect Richmond VA"

Emmanuel P.E. Church Parish House

1909

Jul. 1909

Henrico, Va

CMR

CMR

1550

Stone Venier on Front. Entire colonial revival - Gorgeous Deisgn with stone over the windows. Super nice set of Plans

Dolphen School

1909

Aug-09

Brunsick County, VA

CMR

CMR

1676

Nothing on this set of plans says "Dolphen School." There is a [___] where this set of plans was not assigned to any school. The paper folder states "Dolphen School, Brunswick Co. VA." This is a weather boarded siding building with functional boxed columns and a tin roof over the porch and a tin roof over the buillding. The coupola is wood and has a tin roof. There is a big flagpole. 2 over 2 classrooms with "Ventilated Wardrobe" in each, with a jacketed stove in each room. The doors to the wardrobes slide. The Commission number was originally written as "1_7_."

Drake's Branch Presbyterian Church - Alt. & Additions - Substantial Redesign

1909

Oct. 1909

Drakes Branch, VA

CMR

CMR

1686

Very Nice Interior Layout - "C. M. Robinson"

Laurel Reformatory School-For the Prision Association of Virginia

1909

Mar. 1909

Henrico County, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1643

"Approved July 13 1908 John Amrheim, Bros. Contractors Sheets 1-9 Inclusive, Prison Association of Virginia by Chas. Hutzler, President." - Two Large Fresh Air Rooms in Basement, 2 classrooms first floor - much custom window design and truss design

Central School Building, Washington Street, Petersburg, VA

1909

Nov. 1909

Petersburg, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1690

Massive Building with Amazing Corinthian Colums. A Wow Set of CMR Plans

West End School Building, Washington Street, Petersburg, VA

1909

Nov. 1909

Petersburg, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1691

Massive Building - Brick with reinforced stucco Accents - Auditorium on Second Floor

Graded School Buluilding Newport News, VA

1909

Jun-09

Newport News, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1664

"Charles M. Robinson School Architect, Richmond, VA" 156,600 Cubic Feet. 4 over 4 with cupola design. Great Exteriors with Slate Roof. No indication of location. Wonderful ventilation and sanitation design page

Stock School for Lucketts, Virginia

1910

1910ish

Lucketts, VA

CMR

1775

St. Mary Protestant Episcopal Church Addition - one big sheet drawn by CMR

1910

No date

Richmond, VA

CMR

CMR

1905

No indication of if built. One page of a larger set? No Street Location.

Hotel At Clifton Forge for the Cosmos Hotel Co., Inc. (Not Built)

1910

1910s

Clifton Forge, VA

CMR

4600

The plans are halfway done, some not inked. Very Nice Exterior--7 Stories with Flagpole. They just stopped working on these plans 2/3rds in.

William Fox School - "Public School Hanover Avenue"

1910

Mar. 1910

Richmond, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1677

I believe these are drawn by CMR - "762,000 Cu Ft, 884 Pupils, 19 Rooms 2.17.14 CLH" in red ink on page 1. Super exterior

Van DeVyver School for Colored Pupils, First St. Bet. DuVal & Jackson Streets

1910

May-10

Richmond, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1710

An amazing Charles M. Robinson Design for this Private School. Copper Cross - Handwritten annotations. WOW Set of Plans - Amazing Coupla

David's House

1910

March 1910

Richmond, Virginia

CMR

Residence for Mr. Charles M. Robinson to be Erected on the SW Corner of Grove Ave. & Deep Run Street

Agricultural High School

1910

Mar. 1910

Chester, VA

CMR

CMR

1705

Custom Commission - extremely ornate two leWaxed Linen porch with custom bassistrades. Brick front with reinforced concrete with stucco facing between window leWaxed Linens. Slate roof with a Tin Deck. Basement = two "Laboratory" rooms, Boy's and Girl's Toilets and Recreation Rooms. 1st Floor = 4 classrooms and Principal's Office and Second Floor five classrooms. Custom design page for HVAC and Sanitation Apparatus. 176,660 Cu foot building.

Lutheran Theological Seminary, Columbia SC - Original Campus Block (Master) Plan showing Dormitory, Library, Chapel and another building as they relate to the Administration Building

1910

Mar-10

Columbia, SC

CMR

CMR

1699

One appears to be a voided design

Alleghany County Court House

1910

May-10

Covington, VA

CMR

CMR

1708

2 Massive Story Courthouse. An Amazing Set of Plans

Residence for Mr. Charles M. Robinson to be Erected on the SW Corner of Grove Ave. & Deep Run Street

1910

Mar. 1910

Richmond, VA

CMR

CMR

1712

Includes some handwritten changes - First 10 pages are uniform size - includes excellent page for "Portrait Window." Last of the 10 pages is a desing for the rear "Addition to Residence Charles M. Robinson Arch't to be used as Studio & Office building. Steer's head over garage. Planters on the side. Last two pages appear to be an "as built" interior layout but with the addition of "Conservatory" on the side and a path.

Chowan County Court House - Alterations to install steel shutters on windows

1910

1910

Edenton, NC

CMR

CMR

None

Surprised he took this commission

Public School Building Corner Clay & Market Streets

1910

May-10

Suffolk, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1711

Massive building - one of the top ones to 1910. Massive heating plant and basement rooms. 1st Floor = 8 Rooms for 43-47 pupils each. "Ventilated Wardrobes" 2nd Floor = same. Box design for function over form. Perhaps Earliest Boxed CMR Design. Custom Portico Corinthian cornices. 4 Portico columns. Massive set of plans.

Central Grammar School

1910

Nov. 1910

Roanoke, VA

CMR

CMR

1718

Large 836,460 very very complex building (for 1910). Basement = Boy's and Girl's toilet rooms, Manual Training and Domestic Science, massive numbers of furnaces, Girls and Boys shower baths off of a large gymnasium. First floor is the upper part of the gymnasium and a fire proof cloak room and 9 40 pupil classrooms and a Principal's and Teacher's room. 2nd floor = 10 classrooms and an auditoriuum with ceiling lights and a balcony. Third floor is 10 classrooms and a roof garden. Custom auditorium plan. Exterior is Brick with reinforced concrete between window pairs, slate roof Quarried stone Fondation. A massive building. Probably his largest VA school by 1910.

Stock School Building Design - 2 Over 2 Classrom Design with Principal's Room on First Floor and Teacher's On Second

1910

Jun-10

Stock School Design

CMR

CMR

1721

"Charles M. Robinson, Architect, Richmond, VA" - Old Plan Book cites it may have been built in Victoria, VA

Stock School Design (or an unsold design)

1910

Jun. 1910

Stock School Design

CMR

CMR

1717

2over2over2 design "[___]" never filled in. Basement = Girl's and Boy's Toilet and recreation room. Large Fuel Space and twin furnaces. First floor = two 30 pupil classrooms and separate ventilated wardrobes. Second floor is two classrooms with a rolling partition, each room is 39 pupils. Exterior is brick with reinforced concrete face between window sets. Molded brick archway witha cut stone lentil. No porch. Slate roof. Coupola with tin roof and tin shingle sides.

Cherrydale School, Alexandria County, VA

1910

Feb. 1910

Alexandria, VA

CMR

CMR

1701

Custom Design. Huge Brick Face with Colum Porch. Key-stone btick archway at second floor. Large slate roof with Copper-toped coupola. Inset concrete ornamental designs at the second story leWaxed Linen. Basement = large coal furnaces and "Girl's Toilet and Recreation Room" and a "Boy's Recreation Room" and "Boy's Toilet." Much FORM over function as this is suprisingly only a 2 over 2 clasroom building. All classrooms are 40 pupils each. Amazing exterior for only 2 over 2. 90,000 Cu ft.

Urbanna High School

1910

Nov. 1910

Gloucester, Virginia

CMR

CMR

1511

Childlike (comparatively) design. Definitely a custom commission. Different handwriting than just a little later. Sheets lettered and not numbered. Small building with terraced slate roof (6 terraces) and large dormer at the second floor. Belltower with flag pole. Brick face with "Painted Sign 'URBANNA HIGH SCHOO'" Large windows. No porch. Archway of large cut stones. Brick chimneys. Custom foundation. 1st Floor = 4 school rooms and with "Ventilated Wardrobe" connected to "Blanced Door." 2nd floor = large auditorium. Definitely a childlike design to ones just a little later. Outside folder of plans gtwice with "Chas M. Robinson, 10th & Main St., Richmond, Va." in longhand.

Deep Creek School

1910

Jun. 1910

Norfolk County, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1726

Nothing on the plans that this is "Deep Creek School." Only on the old folder. This was NOT a custom design. "[___]" was never filled-in. Typical 1910s design for sale. 4:4:4. Girls and boy's toilet and recreation rooms on first floor with fuel spacke and twin furnace rooms. 1st floor = Principal's office and 4-classrooms 40 pupils each on first floor with "Ventilated Wardrobes" and rolling curtains iwth blackboard surface. 2nd floor = 5 classrooms (4x40 + 1-28) three with rolling curtains that can make one huge room. Pencil changes on plans. Exterior slate roof with copper-toped coupola. Red Brick face with cement stucco between window pairs.

Girls Dormitory Building

1910

Jun. 1910

Eastern College, Manassas, VA

CMR

CMR

1713

Massive Three Story Reinforced Concrete Cement Stucco Building - Superb Exteriro Design with a Tin Roof with an amazing front porch. Superb Robinson plans

Gymnasium Building

1910

Jul. 1910

Eastern College, Manassas, VA

CMR

CMR

1722

2-story building "Swimming Pool," "Girls' Locker Room" and "Boys' Locker Room." on the first flor and a HUGE Gymnasium for the second floor

School Building

1910

Jun. 1910

Independence, VA

CMR

CMR

1715

Not a custom design. The only thing stating this is Independence, Virginia is the name on the Old cover. There is a "[____]" that has never been completed. There was a space to pencil in the Commission number and the Date wich were penciled as "1715" and "June 1910." Very similar design to Herndon. Brick Front without porch, with brick archway over door with a cut keystone. Reinforced concrete with cement stucco between windos between floors. Slate Roof. Large brick chimneys. Basement is Boys' and Girls' Toilet Rooms, and two fuel storage rooms. First floor is four classrooms with 30 capacity each. Each pair shares "Ventilated Wardrobe" with Rolling Curtains 6' 6" high. Second floor is a huge Assembly hall with a portable state and with diagonal "Black Board Suface Rolling Curtains" to create two classrooms. Amazing design.

Administration Building - Lutheran Theological Seminary, Columbia SC

1910

Aug-10

Luteran Theological Seminary

CMR

CMR

1699

An amazing exterior design mix of concret and cut stone with an amzing coupla-superb original Charles M. Robinson design

High School

1910

May-10

Warrenton, VA

CMR

CMR

1716

Appears to be a custom commission. 168,630 Cu Feet. Large basement with Boy's and Girls' Recreation Rooms and Toilet Rooms plus Work Shop and twin furnace rooms. First Floor is 4-45 pupil classrooms plus pairs of "Ventilated Wardrobes" and a principal's office. Second floor is 4-45 pupil classrooms plus a 27 pupil classroom. The rear romos have rolling curtains to create one big room. Outside is brick with concrete stucco foundation and a two story porch with turned ballustrers. Super nice design

Dormitory #1 - Frances Willard Hall

1910

Apr. 1910

Mary Washington College (UMW)

CMR

CMR

1689

Massive set of plans. Includes some revised pages as first page is marked "Revised April 1910." Many pencil notes and "as built" changes. Massive three story boxed building. Exteriors superb. The original set is here and is marked "Charles M. Robinson, Charles K. Bryant, Associated Architects, Richmond, VA, Philip N. Stern Fredericksburg, VA"--this page dated Nov 1909. This page is also signed "Approved Dec 7 1909, Sheets 1 to 7 inclusive, P. J. White, Chairman of Building Committee, J. A. C. Chandler, President, Alan Bell, Secretary, J. C. Curtis, Contractor." CMR appears to have written in titles.

Dormitory #1 - Preliminary Sketches without mechanicals but with all units

1910

ca 1910

Mary Washington College (UMW)

CMR

CMR

1-B-7

An interesting opportunity to study the "as builts" that came later.

President's Residence

1910

Aug. 1910

Mary Washington College (UMW)

CMR

CMR

1729

First Page marked "VOID." Remainder not. First page is foundation only and boiler room, laundry and coal bin. First floor is large porch at side and front and rear with multiple columns. Kitchen at rear of firstand floor. First floor rooms are Nursery, Dining Room, Living Room and Parlor. All porches have balcony. Second floor is 5 bedrooms and two bathrooms. Custom design for Medicine Case and Kitchen Dresser and front door beveled glass. Exterior views good not great. Excellent woodwork design. A huge house.

Science Hall (Monroe Hall)

1910

Jun. 1910

Mary Washington College (UMW)

CMR

CMR

1719

School Building Glen Allen, VA

1910

Nov. 1910

Henrico County, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1721

"Charles M. Robinson Architect Richmond VA" - Simple but loWaxed Lineny 2 over 2 design with a slate roof and reinforced concrete face with cut stone over a brick archway for a door arch.

Warehouse for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Cor 11th & Byrd Streets, Richmond, VA

1910

Aug. 1910

Richmond, VA

CMR

CMR

1724

Handwritten in pencil "$72,555.39 = 6 1/2 cents per cu = 250'x58'x77' = 1,116,500 cu ft. MEW Aug 31 1916" "Charles M. Robinson, Architect, Richmond, VA" Storage warehouse with "Ventilators to be at the Extreme top of all windows" - Reinforced Concrete 4 floors.

Venable St. Baptist Church Alterations & Addition.

1910

Jul. 1910

Richmond, VA

CMR

CMR

1707

Drawn by CMR - Rococo for styling - Appears to be a big rehab of an older building - amazing rose window and great interior views - lots of light and virtual ceilings.

Operating Pavilion Building for City Home, Richmond, VA - 3 Story Building, Simple Exterior Design

1910

Aug. 1910

Richmond, VA

CMR

CMR

1697

Drawn By CMR -

Laundry Porch for C. Custer Robinson, Laburnum Park, Richmond, VA

1910+/-

No date

Richmond, VA

CMR

16-300H

Not Signed

Alterations to Building at 901 West Franklin Street for school of Social Work and Public Health

1910ish

1920s

Richmond Professional Institute - Now VCU

CMR

1G-3

Undated - Possibly unfinished. Extensive Changes for 10 bedrooms, bathrooms, classroom, business office, parlor, waiting room, cafeteria, cloak room, etc. Includes a set of blueprints with many handwritten annotations

Campus Master Plot Plan of Future, Present, Buildings to Be Demolished, Intervals, Conduuit [VOID]

1910s

1928ish

Virginia State College (VSU)

CMR

RLM

None

1 very large 37" x 46" Waxed linen marked "VOID" and in the lower left a drawing of an open-top racecar and "Drawn by Bozo Mays ATE WHICH." This is similar to the May 15 1928 plot plan drawn by EGR, but the scale is slightly different and there is more room at the bottom than necessary. A spoiled design, but important for comparison to the final. The sheet is larger but the scale is less.

Proposed East Hampton ME Church

1910s

1929/30

East Hampton, VA

CMR

JBW

Not Assigned

Handdrawn sketches by JBW on Onion + Complete Set of Blueprints

Bank of Edenton - Original Building

1911

Jul. 1911

Edenton, NC

CMR

Crawford

Hinnant

1761

Very significant set of plans - "Approved by Wright" - Waxed Linen Set with some onion skin mixed in. Interesting page with "Charles M. Robinson" prominent on one onion skin page - Much Custom woodwork and stonework. Super nice exterior drawings.

Post Office Building for Mr. M. L. Hofmeimer, West Side of Harrison Street Between Broad and Grace

1911

Apr. 1911

Richmond, VA

CMR

JBC

JBC

EFS

1751

"Approved by CMR" - Lobby on First Floor with Windows for patrons and a huge Postal Room - Sedcon Floor is all open and is a "Hall" - Outside design is "P O Station A" with a copper Eagle

Madison School, Corner Madison & Cary Streets

1911

May-11

Richmond, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1752

Detail Section of Windows Revised November 27 1911--"Drawn by Hinnant, Traced by Hinnant, Checked by Wright, Approved by CMR."

High School

1911

Feb. 1911

Bridgewater, VA

CMR

CMR

1727

Not a custom commission. Had a "[___]" for the name, which was later filled in. Basement = Girl's Toilet and Boy's Toilet and Fuel Space and Boy's and Girl's Recreation Room. Two large furnaces. First floor = four classrooms and principal's office and pairs of "Ventilated" wardrobes. Second floor is a large auditorium and two classrooms. Exterior brick with cut stone lentils and a tall porch with Wood Columns. Coupola with columns. Super nice design. 181,000 cu ft.

Alterations and Additions Colored School Harrisonburg VA

1911

Jan. 1911

Harrisonburg Public Schools

CMR

CMR

1742

CMR-style addition to such a non-descript building that CMR did not even draw it. This is not your normal coloed school - it is equal to any school of 1911, black or white. Basement = Girls and Boys toilet room and Janitor's room. Twin Furnaces. 1st Floor = 4 classrooms with non-vented cloak rooms. Heat Register in Hallway. Ornate Porches on front and rear. Tin roof. Brick front. Simple porch. Interesting placement of fresh air opening.

Waterman School

1911

Jan. 1911

Harrisonburg Public Schools

CMR

CMR

1732

Custom Commission. Nice Detail on Sliding Partitions. 4:4:4 Classic design. Custom Coupola on th roof with copper top and flagpole. Foundation "Quarry Faced Random Range Stone--Front of school the same wxcept cement face between window pairs. Stone archways with keystones. Wonderful exterior.

Harrisonburg Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church at Bruce Street

1911

Jan. 1911

Harrisonburg, VA

CMR

CMR

1725

Amazing Custom Design, 100% Top Robinson Design without exception. Custom window and stonework that is among the finest Robinson designs

Buchanan School - "Colored School Cedar & Buchanan Streets" - 404,800 CuFt. 516 Pupils

1911

May-11

Richmond, VA Schools

CMR

CHH

CHH

BWP

1753

"Approved CMR" - Super Exterior Drawings

Franklin School (Swansboro)

1911

Jul. 1911

Richmond, VA Schools

CMR

CMR

1728

Super Exterior - Beautiful Corinthian Columns - Super detailed interior

Domestic Science & Manual Training School

1911

May-11

Stock School Design

CMR

CMR

1757

No indication of location or even if this is for Richmond Public Schools, though someone who made the folder assigned it to RPS. Simple wood frame design. No central heat. Basement not excavated. I really believe this is a stock school design. First floor has two entrances--one front and one rear. Half of first floor is "Manual Training" and other this "Domestic Science." Wood exterior. No central heat. No toilets.

Stock School Design (or an unsold design)

1911

May-11

Stock School Design

CMR

CMR

1756

4over4over4 design. Basement = Boy's and Girls Toilet Rooms and Two fuel storage rooms and twin side-furnaces. 1st Floor = 4 classrooms with pair of ventilated wardrobes. 2nd Floor = 2 classrooms and an assembly hall. Twin ventilated wardrobes. Custom truss and window design. Brick fron with reinforced concrete with stucco fronts between windows. Brick arch with keystone. Coupola with flag pole. Brick chimneys

Stock School Design (or an unsold design)

1911

1911

Stock School Design

CMR

CMR

1756-A

Very similar to 1756 but With "Industrial Department" taking the half of the basement instead of playrooms. Boy's and Girl's Toilets in the basement. 30 pupil classrooms on the first floor around a central hall with twin sets of ventilated wardrobes; Second floor with 2 classrooms for 30 each at the rear and a 210 capacity auditorium at the front. Twin Ventilated Wardrobes. Brick exterior with reinforced concrete cement faces below windo pairs and a place for the name of the school. Brick arch with key-stone and no porch. Brick chimneys

Stock School (or unsold Design)

1911

Jul. 1911

Stock School Design

CMR

CMR

1763

"Charles M. Robinosn, Architect, Richmond, VA" with "[___]" never completed. Commission number "1763" and date "July 1911" were written in pencil. Basement = "Boy's Toilet" and "Girl's Toilet" rooms and two Fuel & Storage Rooms. Twin Furnaces. 1st floor = Four 30-pupil classrooms with a pair of twin "Ventilated Wardrobes." Second floor is two classrooms at front for 30 pupils each and an assembly hall at rear. Portable state. Twin Ventilated wardrobes. Custom truss and woodwork plan. Front is STONE chimneys, with STONE foundation, STONE front versus brick. STONE archway with a cut stone keystone. FIRST STONE-FACE versus brickface. Slate roof and custom coupola with octagonal columns and tin roof.

School Building - Herndon, Fairfax Co., VA

1911

Jul. 1911

Fairfax County, VA

CMR

CMR

1754

"Charles M. Robinson, Architect, Richmond, VA" - Custom Commission. 4 over 4 over 4. Basement is Boys' Toilet Room, Girls' Toilet Room, and two fuel & stoarge Rooms. Custom HVAC plans around small boilers. 1st floor is 4 classrooms for 30 each, with each pair sharing "Ventilated Wardrobe with Rolling Curtains"; 2nd floor = two classrooms and one assemebly hall with an octagonal stage drawn in in pencil. Exteriro is brick with pannel for name of school. Brick arch (no porch) with a keystone. Slate Roof, brick chimneys, large coupola with colums and tin roof under flag pole. Reinforced concrete with cement faces between windows between floors. Custom blackboard pan for sliding doors to Wardrobe dated 3-14-12