COLLECTION NAME:
CVPA Alumni (Swain)
Record
resource_ID:
urc28_15_15_0010
creator_name:
Swain School of Design
creator_nationality:
American
creator_notes:
A series of photographs documenting activities, events, exhibitions and buildings managed and occupied by Swain School of Design School
Title:
Exterior view of Studio D adjacent to Crapo Gallery
work_dates_display:
ca. 1960
dates:
1960
genre:
photography
format_medium:
35mm ektachrome slide
subject:
exterior fascade
subject:
historic buildings AAT 300008063
subject:
studios (work spaces)
subject:
galleries (display spaces)
subject:
architecture
subject_name:
William W. Crapo Gallery/Studio Building
subject_name:
Swain School of Design
subject_coverage:
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Description:
A exterior view of Studio D from the west (Orchard Street)
Description:
William W. Crapo Gallery/Studio Building, 19 Hawthorn Street, built 1927, altered 1948 and 1967 Brick Georgian Revival structure built specifically as a gallery. It was the gift of the Crapo family in memory of William Wallace Crapo, one of the Swain Crapo GalleryCrapo Studio School's original trustees. It was dedicated in 1927 and was connected to the Swain homestead. After a fire destroyed the Swain homestead in 1948, a one story brick addition containing offices and studios was connected to the gallery section. During the 1960s the cafeteria and Studio "D" were attached to the studio complex. For many years this was the main school building. Used over the years
DCMI Type Vocabulary:
collection
cataloger:
jtrinh
date_of_catalog:
2014/04/22
DCMI Type Vocabulary:
image
cataloger:
jtrinh
date_of_catalog:
2014/04/22
Relation:
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Archives and Special Collections
Relation:
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Visual Resource Center
Exterior view of Studio D adjacent to Crapo Gallery
