Nathan Edson house, Swampscott, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1948

GUSN

GUSN-331684

Browse Collection

Description

Set of eighteen architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Edson in Swampscott, Masschusetts (commission #1204). Most drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert Minot, Merton Barrows, and Warren Rhoter.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod house with a garage, an asphalt shingle roof; clappboard and flushboard exterior. House has a living room with a fireplace, dining room kitchen with a fireplace, two bedrooms two baths, a studio, and a green house.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
orthographic projections (images)
elevations (orthographic projections)
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections
site plans

Physical Descrption

18 architectural drawings: pencil on trace

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

11/1/2013

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1204

Image Dimensions

16 x 27 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Swampscott (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

orthographic projections (images)
elevations (orthographic projections)
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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