Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California: Sketch site plan on a map of the city of El Cerrito and vicinity

Part of:

People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)
R.R. Arnold (surveyor)
R.R. Arnold (draughtsman)
San Francisco Society of the New Jerusalem (client)

Title:

Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California: Sketch site plan on a map of the city of El Cerrito and vicinity

Date:

ca. 1955

Description:

- The draughtsman used this map of El Cerrito as a base on which to sketch a site plan for Swedenborg Memorial Chapel which includes an outline of the church building, proposed roads, and possibly the future development of neighbouring properties. The parks in El Cerrito have been emphasized with green pencil.

Form:
maps
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
record drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite and coloured pencil on photomechanical print

Dimensions:

sheet: 66.0 x 74.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0421

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
freehand drawing
planimetric map

Method of Projection:

site plan
sketch plans (drawings)

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Old folds have been reinforced with pressure-sensitive tape on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite and blue pencil, c.: with notes on property ownership and proposed roads and buildings inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.c: "This is the description of the / sewer [illeg.] through our / Property. Don't know that you / need it but it was already on / this map." [a line connects this last phrase with a paragraph describing sewer passage through lots 39, 40 and 22; inscription is upside down] inscribed, signed, and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, t.: with title and "COMPILED FROM MAP BY R.R. ARNOLD, / COUNTY SURVEYOR, AND OTHER DATA / [signature] / CITY ENGINEER / REGISTERED CIVIL ENGINEER No. 1113, STATE OF CALIF. / N[orth]"; along the edge of the map: with letters A to N and numbers 1 to 13; and throughout: with zoning information, political divisions, and street names inscribed - on the original, in typescript, u.r.: with list of street names keyed to map grid stamped and numbered - l.r.: "#199" [cancelled with red pencil] numbered - by an unknown hand, in red pencil, l.r.: "244" [job number; beside cancelled stamp]

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture
topographic

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

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