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Title: Joseph L. Johnson drawings of the Zetterberg house (Claremont, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 0000259
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Container: 548
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear feet
(1 flat file folder)
Date (inclusive): circa 1952
creator:
Johnson, Joseph Leupp, 1911-1987
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Preferred Citation note
Joseph L. Johnson drawings of the Zetterberg house (Claremont, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design &
Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
Joseph Leupp Johnson was born on May 23, 1911 in Pasadena, California. Son of the architect Reginald D. Johnson, Joseph Johnson
attended Harvard University for undergraduate and graduate study in the field of architecture. Out of graduate school in 1939,
Johnson got a job as a draftsman for the architect William W. Wurster from 1939 to 1942. From 1946 to 1949 Johnson collaborated
with architects Gregory Ain and Alfred W. Day until he was made a partner in 1949. The three architects worked together as
Ain, Johnson & Day until the firm dissolved in 1951. Johnson went on to open his own firm which he operated until he joined
forces with Samuel E. Lunden in 1960, to form Samuel E. Lunden, FAIA, Joseph L. Johnson, AIA, Architects, Planners. Joseph
L. Johnson died on June 20, 1987.
Scope and Content note
The Joseph L. Johnson drawing of the Zetterberg house spans 3 linear feet and dates from circa 1952. The collection consists
of one reprographic copy of a plot plan that is undated.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Johnson, Joseph Leupp, 1911-1987
Architectural drawings
Reprographic copies