Oscar H. Sherbrooke house, Cohasset, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1952

Location Note

Drawer 26 / oversized folder 573

GUSN

GUSN-328874

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Description

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Oscar H. Sherbrooke in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1355) including two elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and six details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Richard Wills. Plot plan was made by Ernest W. Branch Inc., Civil Engineers (Quincy, Massachusetts).

Drawings depict a two-level Cape Cod-style house with angled wings and a stone and pine board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, workshop, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

12 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

AR029.04.04.1355

Image Dimensions

18 1/2 x 35 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cohasset (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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 26 / oversized folder 573

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