Frank M. Beckerman house, Brookline, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955-1956

Location Note

Drawer 36 / folder 733 and 734

GUSN

GUSN-330197

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Description

Set of thirty-one architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Beckerman in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #1566) including four elevations, four plans, two topographic maps, one cross section, two framing plans, one rendering, and seventeen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter. Topographic maps were made by civil engineer J. R. Hennessey and the Brookline, Massachusetts firm of Olmsted Brothers.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a slate roof and a whitewashed brick, clapboard, and flush board exterior. House has a living room, study with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, lavatory, five bedrooms, dressing room, three bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections
topographic maps
framing plans
renderings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

31 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

AR029.04.04.1569

Image Dimensions

18 x 34 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Brookline (Norfolk 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
topographic maps
framing plans
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 36 / folder 733 and 734

Related Items

Frank M. Beckerman house, Brookline, Mass.

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