D. E. Price house, Brookline, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1950

Location Note

Drawer 23 / oversized folders 524 and 525

GUSN

GUSN-328838

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Description

Set of fifty-two architectural drawings of house for D. E. Price in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #1285) including six elevations, five plans, two framing plans, one cross section, two plot plans, one rendering, and thirty-five details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Ken Duprey, Leon Keach, Richard E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter.

Drawings depict a two-story French Provincial-style house with a slate hip roof and a whitewashed brick exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, playroom with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms (one with fireplace), dressing room, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
framing plans
cross sections
site plans

Physical Descrption

52 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

AR029.04.04.1285

Image Dimensions

26 1/2 x 37 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Brookline (Norfolk 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)
renderings (drawings)
framing plans
cross sections
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 23 / oversized folders 524 and 525

Related Items

D. E. Price house, Brookline, Mass.

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