Edward H. Williams house, Falmouth, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1952

Location Note

Drawer 27 / folder 584

GUSN

GUSN-328894

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Description

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Williams in Falmouth, Massachusetts (commission #1387) including seven elevations, five plans, one plot plan, one rendering, and eight details. Several drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter.

Drawings depict a two-story ranch-style house with a wood shingle roof and a stone and cypress flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen with fireplace grill, covered porch, two bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A work shop is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

22 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

AR029.04.04.1387

Image Dimensions

18 x 30 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Falmouth (Barnstable 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)
detail drawings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 27 / folder 584

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