1952
Drawer 26 / oversized folder 580
GUSN-330885
Set of twenty-five architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. French in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #1375) including five elevations, three plans, three framing plans, one plot plan, one rendering, and twelve details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; most drawings are dated.
Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, an asphalt shingle roof, and a whitewashed brick, flush board, and clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, three bedrooms, dressing room, and two bathrooms. A room with fireplace and a two-car garage are on the basement level.
houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
site plans
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
25 architectural drawings : pencil on trace
AR029
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
2013-11-01
AR029.04.04.1375
16 x 28 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
site plans
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
House
File part
Drawer 26 / oversized folder 580
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