Wayfarers' Chapel fonds, 1937-1979.

Main entry:

Wright, Lloyd, 1890-1978.

Title & Author:

Wayfarers' Chapel fonds, 1937-1979.

Description:

324 items, 1.7 l. m. of textual records.

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only.

Notes:
Consists of 281 drawings, 42 reprographic copies, 1.7 linear m. of textual records and 1 photomechanical print.

Summary:

The majority of the drawings and all of the files relate to the design and construction of the Wayfarers' Chapel, including conceptual and design development sketches for the chapel (1946-51) and for subsequent additions including a parish house and cloister (1953-59), campanile (1953-56), entrance gate and sign (1954-68), work shed and yard (1957-58), baptismal font (1963-64), audiovisual exhibit (1970-78) and auditorium addition (1970-78). The fonds also includes material for related unbuilt projects: the Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California (1950-62), Snow Chapel, Île Bigras, Laval, Québec (1951), and an unidentified plan for a structure or structures on a hillside site, possibly for the built Ralph Jester House in Palos Verdes, California (1949-50).

Biographical note:

Lloyd Wright: born 1890, Oak Park. Ill.; died Santa Monica, Calif. 1978; architect and landscape architect. Son of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Resources:
Finding aid
Finding aid

Subject:

Wright, Lloyd, 1890-1978.
Wayfarers' Chapel (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) Designs and plans.
Chapels Québec (Province) Laval Designs and plans.
Palos Verdes Estates (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc. Designs and plans.
Chapelles Québec (Province) Laval Dessins et plans.
Chapels
Québec Laval
Chapels (rooms or structures) Canada Québec (Province) Laval 1950-1960.

Form/genre:

Fonds (collections)
Architectural drawings

Holdings:

Location: Library prints and drawings collection 265136
Call No.: AP151
Status: Available

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