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You might contact the building department of the village, town or city in which the building is located. It varies how long they keep drawings of completed structures on file in their offices. Once the project is complete and all inspections are done and approvals are issued, there is little need to keep drawings readily available and they are often consigned to basement storage centers where floods, fires and dampness take their toll. A major structure usually has an architect or engineer on staff or retainer and they would certainly have a set of current and probably historical drawings on hand. I've worked on renovation designs of some early 20th century buildings where the owners were able to provide not blueprints, but the original ink on velum drawings of the buildings. These were truly works of art in themselves and I wasn't surprised when the owners wouldn't let me keep one or two sheets to hang on my wall. (He actually saved them from the dumpster when they bought the buildings.) An historical building, especially one on the National Register of Historic Places might have had a survey done and these could be available through a local or state historical society or the Register. Wayne
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