Gilbert M. Betts house, Schenectady, N.Y.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1951

Location Note

Drawer 24 / oversized folder 543

GUSN

GUSN-329653

Browse Collection

Description

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert M. Betts in Schenetady, New York (commission #1313) including two elevations, three plans, one cross section, one rendering, three rough sketches, and eleven details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, or Robert E. Minot.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, an angled one-story wing, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen, "junk room," three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections
renderings (drawings)
sketches

Physical Descrption

21 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

AR029.04.04.1313

Image Dimensions

22 1/4 x 32 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Schenectady (Schenectady county, New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections
renderings (drawings)
sketches

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 24 / oversized folder 543

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