Paul E. Thorson house, Setauket, N.Y.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955-1959

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 705

GUSN

GUSN-330145

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Paul E. Thorson in Setauket, New York (commission #1537) including six elevations, two plans, one plot plan, one rendering, one interior elevation, and six details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, John Howard, or Robert E. Minot.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with an angled garage wing, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has vestibule, living room with fireplace, dining room with fireplace, kitchen, covered porch, three bedrooms, and two bathrooms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

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

AR029.04.04.1537

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Setauket (Suffolk county, New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
Royal Barry Wills Associates

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
renderings (drawings)
interior elevations

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 705

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