George D. Sutcliffe house, Walpole, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1953-1955

Location Note

Drawer 30 / folder 642

GUSN

GUSN-329791

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Description

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. George D. Sutcliffe in Walpole, Massachusetts (commission #1461) including four elevations, five plans, one rendering, and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Robert E. Minot, or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with a one-story saltbox garage wing, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard, flush board, and batten exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining area, kitchen, lavatory, covered breezeway, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

13 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

AR029.04.04.1461

Image Dimensions

18 x 28 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Walpole (Norfolk 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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 30 / folder 642

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