Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Site plan based on a topographic survey, with section through entrance steps showing gateway

Part of:

People:

Lloyd Wright (architect)
J.M.O. (draughtsman)
Kazio (draughtsman)
Charles C. Miller (surveyor)

Title:

Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Site plan based on a topographic survey, with section through entrance steps showing gateway

Date:

2 September 1954, revised 1 May 1956

Description:

- This block plan for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California, includes the new highway and shows the rectory and the triangular-plan parish house, neither of which were built.
- The survey information on drawing DR1987:0693 appears to be copied by Kazio from an April 1949 survey by Charles C. Miller (probably DR1987:0679 or DR1987:0677).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 42.3 x 63.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0693

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
topographic survey

Method of Projection:

block plan
section

Point of View:

general views
exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed, dated and numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite, u.l.: "SECTION A-A [...]"; c.l.: "N[orth]"; l.l. to b.: with title; u.r.: "TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF A PORTION OF LOT H / RANCHO LOS PALOS VERDES LOS ANGELES COUNTY, / CALIFORNIA. / APRIL 1949 / FB 192 38"; b.: "A NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO / EMANUEL SWEDENBORG"; c.r.: legend keyed to topographic symbols; l.r.: "PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA / LLOYD WRIGHT, ARCHITECT" and "REVISED 1 MAY, 1956 JMO / KAZIO / SEPT 2, 1954 / SP-11 [sheet number?]"; and in various locations: with identification of buildings, topographic features, survey information and measurements stamped and numbered - l.r.: "243" [job number]

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

steps
highway

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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