Thornton Ladd drawings for the Mrs. Donald Bear house (Santa Barbara, Calif.), 1955 0000304
Finding aid prepared by Jillian O'Connor and Chris Marino
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
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Title: Thornton Ladd drawings for the Mrs. Donald Bear house (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 0000304
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Container: 547
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear feet
(1 flat file folder)
Date: 1955
creator:
Ladd, Thornton, 1924-2010
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Thornton Ladd drawings of the Mrs. Donald Bear house (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design
& Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Thornton Ladd was born in Portland, Oregon on January 29, 1924. He attended the University of Southern California where he
graduated with his bachelor’s degree in architecture in 1952. He was a designer for Pereira & Luckman for two years from 1952
to 1954. In 1954, Ladd opened his own firm called Thornton Ladd & Associates. In 1959, however, Ladd entered into a partnership
with architect John Field Kelsey, called Ladd and Kelsey, based in Pasadena, California. They were most well known for their
contribution to the Norton Simon Museum but also designed several private residences in Beverly Hills, Pasadena, and Hollywood
Hills, California. Thornton Ladd died in 2010.
The Thornton Ladd drawings for the Mrs. Donald Bear house span 3 linear feet and date from 1955. The collection is composed
of five architectural drawings in the form of blueprints. Drawings include: plot and roof plan, details, electrical and heating
plan, interior and exterior elevations, and a floor plan.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ladd, Thornton, 1924-2010
Architectural drawings
Blueprints