Margaret Sweetser house, Durham, N.H.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 697

GUSN

GUSN-330132

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mrs. Margaret Sweetser in Durham, New Hampshire (commission #1527) including three elevations, three plans, one rendering, one cross section, and nine details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; some drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Colonial Revival-style house with a cedar shingle roof and a clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, keeping room/kitchen with fireplace, study, dining room with fireplace, three bedrooms (two with fireplaces), two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

17 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

AR029.04.04.1527

Image Dimensions

18 x 31 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Durham (Strafford county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 697

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