John Dreyfus house, Quincy, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1953-1954

Location Note

Drawer 30 / folder 652 and 653

GUSN

GUSN-329794

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Description

Set of thirty-four architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. John Dreyfus in Quincy, Massachusetts (commission #1463) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two framing plans, two cross sections, one landscape plan, and twenty-one details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Warren Rhoter. Landscape plan was done by landscape architect Phiilip W. Ansell of Arlington, Massachusetts.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Colonial Revival-style house with a one-story saltbox garage wing and a stone, shingle, and rough board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A playroom with fireplace and lavatory are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
gambrel roofs
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
cross sections
framing plans
planting plans

Physical Descrption

34 architectural drawings : pencil on trace, blueprint, 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

AR029.04.04.1463

Image Dimensions

20 1/2 x 26 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Quincy (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)
site plans
cross sections
framing plans
planting plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 30 / folder 652 and 653

Related Items

John Dreyfus house, Quincy, Mass.
Renderings - Royal Barry Wills

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