Edward L. Dewhirst house, Belmont, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955

Location Note

Drawer 35 / folder 722

GUSN

GUSN-330185

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Description

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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

23 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

AR029.04.04.1555

Image Dimensions

18 x 34 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 35 / folder 722

Related Items

Edward L. Dewhirst house, Belmont, Mass.

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