1955
Drawer 35 / folder 722
GUSN-330185
Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Dewhirst in Belmont, Massachusetts (commission #1555) including three elevations, three plans, one cross section, one plot plan, one topographic map, one rendering, and thirteen details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills. Topographic map is by civil engineer William J. Ford Jr. in Newtonville, Massachusetts.
Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with an saltbox garage wing, a cedar shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, dining room with fireplace, kitchen, covered porch, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, tool room, and an attached two-car garage.
houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
gambrel roofs
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections
renderings (drawings)
site plans
topographic maps
23 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and photostatic copy
AR029
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
2013-11-01
AR029.04.04.1555
18 x 34 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
Belmont (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections
renderings (drawings)
site plans
topographic maps
House
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Drawer 35 / folder 722
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