Framingham National Bank, Ashland, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 704

GUSN

GUSN-330143

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of bank building for Framingham National Bank in Ashland, Massachusetts (commission #1536) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, one cross section, one lighting plan, one rendering, and five details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot. Most drawings are dated. Topographic map is by civil engineers Schofield Bros. of Framingham, Massachusetts.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style building with an asphalt shingle roof and a clapboard exterior. Bank building has a public space, work space, two offices, lounge, two restrooms, and a drive-up window.

Details

Descriptive Terms

branch banks
drive-in banks
banks (financial institutions)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
renderings (drawings)
cross sections
topographic maps

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

AR029.04.04.1536

Image Dimensions

15 x 24 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Ashland (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)
site plans
renderings (drawings)
cross sections
topographic maps

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 704

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