Lyle J. Morse house, Lexington, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1945, undated

GUSN

GUSN-329288

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Lyle J. Morse in Lexington, Massachusetts (commission #1004) including seven elevations, three plans, five framing plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed. Design is based on the house shown on page 84 of "Living on the Level."

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a cedar shingle roof and a shingle, flush board, and batten exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, kitchen, two bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage. A room with a fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
framing plans

Physical Descrption

17 architectural drawings : pencil on trace

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1004

Places

Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
framing plans

Subjects

House

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1955 [c1954]). Living on the level; one-story houses.. Houghton Mifflin,, Page 84.

Description Level

File part

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