Cecil A. Prest house, Winchester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1953

Location Note

Drawer 29 / folders 633 and 634

GUSN

GUSN-329626

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Description

Set of thirty-eight architectural drawings in two folders of house for Mr. and Mrs. Cecil A. Prest in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1436) including ten elevations, thirteen plans, one plot plan, six framing plans, one cross section, one rendering, and six details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Norman Revival-style house with a tower, a wood shingle roof, and a brick, stucco, and timber exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, covered porch, and a second-floor balcony overlooking the living room.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Norman Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
cross sections
site plans
framing plans

Physical Descrption

38 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

AR029.04.04.1436

Image Dimensions

16 3/4 x 27 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Winchester (Middlesex 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)
cross sections
site plans
framing plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 29 / folders 633 and 634

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