Robert S. Wicksman house, Williamstown, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1954-1955

Location Note

Drawer 28 / oversized folder 613

GUSN

GUSN-329596

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Description

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Wicksman in Williamstown, Massachusetts (commission #1418) including four elevations, three plans, one rendering, one plot plan, one cross section, and nine details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Warren Rhoter; most drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study/bedroom, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen, covered breezeway, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

19 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

AR029.04.04.1418

Image Dimensions

22 x 28 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Williamstown (Berkshire 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)
renderings (drawings)
site plans
cross sections

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 28 / oversized folder 613

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