Melville Weston house, Milton, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1951, undated

Location Note

Drawer 25 / folder 546

GUSN

GUSN-330568

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Description

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Melville Weston in Milton, Massachusetts (commission #1323) including nine elevations, five plans, and one rendering. Rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills; no other drawings are signed or dated.

Drawings are rough sketches showing various schemes for a two-story Georgian Revival-style house. Drawings were marked as abandoned and project was not built.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

15 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

AR029.04.04.1323

Image Dimensions

18 x 29 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Milton (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 25 / folder 546

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