Sargent F. Eaton house, Fairfield, Conn.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1954

Location Note

Drawer 31 / folder 665

GUSN

GUSN-329823

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Description

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Sargent F. Eaton in Fairfield, Connecticut (commission #1484) including three elevations, three plans, one cross section, one rendering, and fourteen details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Warren Rhoter, or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a one-story saltbox wing and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, maid's porch, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms, two dressing rooms, three bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

22 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

AR029.04.04.1484

Image Dimensions

18 x 30 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Fairfield (Fairfield county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
renderings (drawings)
cross sections
detail drawings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 31 / folder 665

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