William E. Dorman house, Boxford, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1952-1953

Location Note

Drawer 28 / folder 602

GUSN

GUSN-330911

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Description

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dorman in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1413) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, and fourteen details. Drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage wing, two front dormers, a wood shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study/bedroom, dining room, kitchen with grill, covered breezeway, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

23 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

AR029.04.04.1413

Image Dimensions

15 1/4 x 28 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boxford (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 28 / folder 602

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