Architectural drawings

Classification scheme: 
Hist.Mss.19

Title: Mennonite Archives of Ontario collection of archival drawings

Dates of creation: 1962-Present

Scope and content: This fonds consists of architectural drawings related in some way to Conrad Grebel University College; there are a few miscellaneous drawings from within the larger Ontario Mennonite community. 

Note: Description created 20 November 2002 by Sam Steiner

There are 10 series:

  1. Brubacher House
  2. Conrad Grebel President's House
  3. Miscellaneous Drawings
  4. Conrad Grebel Residence (1963, Schemes 1-3)
  5. Conrad Grebel Residence & Chapel (1963)
  6. Conrad Grebel Academic Building (1976)
  7. Conrad Grebel Expansion (1992)
  8. Conrad Grebel Expansion (Proposed, 2000)
  9. Conrad Grebel Expansion (2002)
  10. Conrad Grebel Renovations and Expansions, 2008-

Series 1: Brubacher House

  1. University of Waterloo - Y-058-A-8
    Brubacher House, 1968. 7 sheets (56x87 cm.)
  2. University of Waterloo - Y-058-A-100
    Restoration of Brubacher House - Preliminary, 7 January 1976
    12 sheets (56 x 87 cm.)
  3. University of Waterloo - Y-058-A-100
    Restoration of Brubacher House - Final, 30 January 1976
    12 sheets (56 x 87 cm.)

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Series 2: Conrad Grebel President's House

The President's house was located at 286 Algonquin in Waterloo. It was owned by the college for the first decade of the College's life; it was sold to help finance the construction of the 1976 academic building.

  1. C.E. Voelker
    House Plans, n.d.
    7 sheets (32 x 54 cm.)

Series 3: Miscellaneous Drawings

  1. Hanover Mennonite Church (Hanover, ON) 
    Construction plans, 1967
    5 sheets (52 x 80 cm.)
  2. Mennonite Relief Sale, 1967&1968
    Layout of New Hamburg arena for the Relief Sale
  3. Wanner Mennonite Church (Cambridge, ON)
    Interior layout of the 1837 building from the memory of Edna Bowman, and drafted by Henry Bowman, n.d.
  4. Calvary Church (Ayr, ON)
    Construction blueprints for 1989 building; undated site map; plans for 2004 addition.
  5. Schmitt Meeting House, Edgely, Ontario now in Black Creek Pioneer Village, erected 1824. / Drawings by Bruce Corley, 2017. - Donated to the Archives by Bruce Corley in 2017.

Series 4: Conrad Grebel Residence (1963, Schemes 1-3)

  1. Barnett & Rieder-Hymmen Architects
    Conrad Grebel College, Schemes 1-3 (Quad model; not used), February 1963
    17 sheets (52 x 82 cm.); 2 sheets on backing board (45 x 60 cm.) are in map cabinet.

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Series 5: Conrad Grebel Residence & Chapel (1963)

  1. Barnett & Rieder-Hymmen Architects
    Conrad Grebel College, Final, August 1963 [notated] 
    Plot plan, architectural
    15 sheets, S1-S5, P1-P2 (59 x 95 cm.)
  2. Barnett & Rieder-Hymmen Architects
    Conrad Grebel College, Final, August 1963
    Heating, electrical, plumbing and drainage 
    15 sheets (59 x 95 cm.)
  3. Barnett & Rieder-Hymmen Architects
    Conrad Grebel College, Final, August 1963
    Heating, plumbing and drainage (copy 2) 
    10 sheets (59 x 95 cm.)
  4. Wireco-Built Kitchen Service Equipment - C517
    Conrad Grebel Kitchen, February 1964
    5 sheets (57 x 94 cm.)
  5. Peffer Sound Systems
    Conrad Grebel Communication System, December 1963
    3 sheets (57 x 87 cm.)
  6. Globe Furniture Company, Waterloo, Ontario
    Drawings for Chapel Fixtures, August 1964
    1. Communion Table
    2. Pew Front
    3. Frame for Dossal Curtain (2 sheets)
    4. Special Cross
    5. Lectern Top
  7. University of Waterloo. Department of Physical Plant and Planning
    UW Development Plan, South Campus, May 1967
    1 sheet (107 x 178 cm.)
  8. Landscape development, church colleges communal area / University of Waterloo department of physical plant and planning. -- Scale 1"= 40', 17 Feb 1969, revisions Jul 1969, Jan 1970, Feb 1970. -- 1 architectrual drawing ; 106 x 54 cm
  9. Barnett & Rieder-Hymmen Architects
    Conrad Grebel College, August 1963
    Plot plan, architectural
    15 sheets, S1-S5, P1-P2, H1-H5, E1-E2 and supplements(59 x 95 cm.)

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Series 6: Conrad Grebel Academic Building (1976)

  1. Rieder-Hymmen Architects - Project 494-2
    Conrad Grebel College - Building No. 2, Final, September, 1975
    Plot Plan, architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical and supplements
    30 sheets (58 x 98 cm.)
  2. Rieder-Hymmen Architects - Project 494-2 (copy 2)
    Conrad Grebel College - Building No. 2, Final, September, 1975
    Plot Plan, architectural, mechanical, electrical 
    Sheets 1-6, 8-9, 11, mechanical and electrical (58 x 98 cm.)
  3. Honeywell Limited
    Conrad Grebel College - Academic Building
    Pneumatic Schematics
    4 sheets (56 x 87 cm.)
  4. Rieder-Hymmen Architects - Conrad Grebel College (Mennonite) Plot Plan showing schemes 3,4,4A,5,5A. Located in map cabinet.

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Series 7: Conrad Grebel Expansion (1992)

  1. Environmental Consulting Services - Project 284
    Conrad Grebel College Renovations and Expansion, Conceptual Drawings, October 1987
    Floor plans
    6 sheets (71 x 92 cm.)
  2. Totten Sims Hubicki Associates - Project 9935
    Conrad Grebel College Proposed Renovations & Expansion, June 1990
    Preliminary site plan, floor plans
    5 sheets (60 x 90 cm.)
  3. Totten Sims Hubicki Associates - Project 9935
    Conrad Grebel College Proposed Renovations & Expansion, November 1990
    Preliminary site plan, floor plans
    10 sheets (61 x 90 cm)
  4. Totten Sims Hubicki Associates - Project 9935
    Conrad Grebel College Proposed Renovations & Expansion, February 1992
    Site plan, Planting Layout, Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Preliminary Floor Plan
    P1-P3, L1, A2, A4, A11, A13, A18-A22, A24, A26-A27, S1, S3, S7, S8-S12, M1, M4, M8-M12, SP1, E1, E4, E5, E8-E9, E13-E14, E16, Preliminary Floor Plan 
    41 sheets (61-91 cm.)
  5. Totten Sims Hubicki Associates - Project 9935
    Conrad Grebel College Renovation & Expansion, Phase 1A"As Built," February, 1992
    Site plan, Planting Layout, Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Preliminary Floor Plan
    P1-P3, L1, A2, A4, A11, A13, A18-A22, A24, A26-A27, S1, S3, S7, S8-S12, E1, E4, E5, E8-E9, E13-E14, E16, Preliminary Floor Plan 
    28 sheets (61 x 91 cm)
  6. Nelson Hofer Associates Inc. - Project 0661
    Conrad Grebel College Foodservice Facilities Renovations, February 7, 1992
    Equipment, layout, schedule, and elevations
    3 sheets (61 x 91 cm.)
  7. University of Waterloo / Totten Sims Hubicki Associates
    Conrad Grebel College Room Numbering System, 1977-1992; 1992-present
    2 sets of four sheets
  8. Laurel Creek Watershed Study, May 1992

Series 8: Conrad Grebel Expansion (Proposed, 2000)

  1. MMMC Inc. Architects - Project 99008
    Proposed expansion - Conrad Grebel College/Rockway Mennonite Church, May 2000
    Floor plans
    5 sheets (63 x 91 cm.)
  2. MMMC Inc. Architects - Project 99008, August 2000
    Proposed Conrad Grebel College Residence expansion
    Site Plan, floor plans
    4 sheets (63 x 91 cm.)

Series 9: Conrad Grebel Expansion (2002)

  1. Architecture Incorporated - Project 02A80, January 2004
    Phase II, New additions to Conrad Grebel College, 2002 "As Built"
    Atrium, Residence addition, Residence Apartment
    62 sheets (61 x 90 cm); Archectural Addendum #1; Outline Specifications; Mechanical Addendum; Haywood Mechanical drawings; New gas line drawing to Apartment Building (3 April 2006)
  2. Architecture Incorporated -- Project 02A80, May 2002
    Phase I, Interior Renovations to Conrad Grebel College; also "contract set" 
    Lower level and PACS offices
  3. Architecture Incorporated -- Project 02A80, January 2004
    Kitchen Air Conditioning, Mechanical & Electrical
  4. Architecture Incorporated -- Project 02A80, April 2001
    IPACS and New Chapel Option (not built)
  5. Oak Tree Memorial Garden, Preliminary Plans, 1999
  6. Architecture Incorportated - Project 02A82, 19 Sept 2002. Contract set [initialed] : Phase two - new additions to Conrad Grebel College. Project drawings, residence extension, apartments and atrium addition
  7. Architecture Incorportated - Project 02A82, 19 Sept 2002. [with notations and inserted sketches], Project drawings, residence extension, apartments and atrium addition

Series 10: Conrad Grebel Renovations and Expansions (2008- )

  1. Architecture Incorporated -- Project 07A260 -- Residence and Chapel lobby renovations, April-June 2008
  2. Proposed conditions : floodplain delineation : University of Waterloo floodplain analysis / Stantec Consulting Ltd. --Rev. 2. --Scale 1:2000. --July 2010. --1 map (arial photo overlayed with contour and flood lines); 90 x 60 cm.
  3. Conrad Grebel University College : academic building expansion : 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, Ontario. - Feb 2012.  - Architectural and site, structural, mechanical, electrical.

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Conrad Grebel University College
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Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6

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