Mrs. Harrison F. Lyman house, Winchester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1948

GUSN

GUSN-330507

Browse Collection

Description

Set of forty-two architectural drawings of house for Mrs. Harrison F. Lyman in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1166) including eight elevations, nineteen plans, five framing plans, nine rough sketches, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Bary Wills, Merton S. Barrows, or Warren J. Rhoter.

Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room with fireplace, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms (one with fireplace), three bathrooms, two decks, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
sketches
renderings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

42 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and photostatic copy

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1166

Image Dimensions

18 x 27 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Winchester (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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