Nicholas DeMartinis house, Wakefield, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1952

Location Note

Drawer / folder 569

GUSN

GUSN-328888

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Description

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Nicholas DeMartinis in Wakefield, Massachusetts (commission #1370) including four elevations, two plans, two plot plans, and one rendering. All drawings are dated; rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills. Plot plan was made by civil engineer E. F. McManamin (Wakefield, Massachusetts).

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a shingle roof and a stone and clapboard exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, kitchen, two bedrooms, one bathroom, an attached one-car garage, and a grape arbor.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

9 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

AR029.04.04.1370

Image Dimensions

18 1/4 x 26 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wakefield (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer / folder 569

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