Crocker Wight house, Brookline, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1951

Location Note

Drawer 25 / oversized folder 558

GUSN

GUSN-330852

Browse Collection

Description

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Crocker Wight in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #1344) including three elevations, two plans, three plot plans, two renderings, and nine details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills. One plot plan is by engineers Henry F. Bryant & Son Inc. of Brookline, Massachusetts.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a whitewashed brick and shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, maid's room, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A two-car garage is on the basement level. A covered porch is an undated addition.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

19 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

AR029.04.04.1344

Image Dimensions

17 x 29 1/2 (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)
site plans
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 25 / oversized folder 558

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