Join Margo Warnecke and Alice Warnecke for a tour of one of the most extensive remaining architectural archives still in one family. Housed in an old dairy barn, visitors enjoy unique access to a bygone era of architecture: rolls upon rolls of drawings, and filing cabinets filled with photos and documentation. A curated display will follow the tour of 100 years of architectural history, highlighting key projects featured in JCW’s soon to be published memoir: Camelot’s Architect, The untold story of Jacqueline Kennedy, Lafayette Square and a Secret Romance.
The Warnecke Architectural Archive, located at Warnecke Ranch in Sonoma County CA, contains significant, primary source materials by and about noted California architects, John Carl Warnecke and his father Carl I. Warnecke. Over 100 years of architectural plans, drawings, sketches, photographs, personal papers, journals, project files, and correspondence make up one of the most extensive, remaining architectural archives still in one family.(1911-2012). The archive contains irreplaceable and comprehensive materials from JCW and his architectural firm, John Carl Warnecke & Associates. Notable projects include Mid-Century Modern masterworks like the Hawaii State Capital, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Mira Vista Elementary School, the UC Santa Cruz master plan and library, and the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame. The collection includes the work of 48 different architectural photographers including Morley Baer, Nathaniel Lieberman, Moulin Gabriel Studios, Rondal Partridge, and Gerald Ratto.
Margo and Alice manage Warnecke Ranch & Vineyard and Chalk Hill Artist Residency, respectively daughter and granddaughter of John Carl Warnecke. Both Margo and Alice attended Stanford University studying architecture and art, and now they run an 80-acre premium vineyard and maintain the creative legacy of the family. Chalk Hill Artist Residency has hosted over 250 artists and is celebrating it’s 15th year of providing time and space to artists of all media and from all over the world.
