Frederick A. Higgins house, Andover, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1951

Location Note

Drawer 24 / folder 540

GUSN

GUSN-329649

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Description

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Higgins in Andover, Massachusetts (commission #1308) including four elevations, five plans, one framing plan, and thirteen details. All drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, Warren Rhoter, or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with two one-story wings, a slate hip roof, and a whitewashed brick and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, playroom with fireplace, dining room with fireplace, kitchen, eating area, lavatory, covered breezeway, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached three-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Georgian Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
framing plans

Physical Descrption

23 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

AR029.04.04.1308

Image Dimensions

18 x 35 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Andover (Essex 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

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 24 / folder 540

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