Howard F. Hill house, Belgrade, Maine

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1953

Location Note

Drawer 28 / oversized folder 616

GUSN

GUSN-329605

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Description

Set of twenty architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Howard F. Hill in Belgrade, Maine (commission #1421) including four elevations, three plans, one rendering, one plot plan, and ten details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter.

Drawings depict a one-story ranch-style house with an asphalt shingle hip roof and a clapboard exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, sitting room, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen, covered porch, three bedrooms, dressing room, three bathrooms, and a greenhouse. A three-car garage and study with fireplace are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

20 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

AR029.04.04.1421

Image Dimensions

20 x 36 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Belgrade (Kennebec county, Maine)

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 28 / oversized folder 616

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