Rudolph J. Schaefer house, Mamaroneck, N.Y.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1956-1959

Location Note

Drawer 38 / folders 759 and 760

GUSN

GUSN-332276

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Description

four plans, two elevations, twenty-two detail drawings, and two renderings for a house for Mr. Rudolph J. Schaefer in Mamaroneck, New York (commission #1612). Some drawings are dated and most drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, John Howard, and Warren Rhoter.

*FRAGILE - many drawings within the commission are badly torn.

Two-story Cape Cod house with a Gambrel, wood shake roof; a flush board, clapboard, and stone veneer exterior.

House has a garage and covered porch, three bedrooms one witha bath and fire place, a maid's room with a bath, three additional bedrooms, a lavatory, living room, dressing room, powder room, kitchen with eating area, dining room, study with a fireplace, and three bathrooms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
orthographic projections (images)
elevations (orthographic projections)
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
cross sections

Physical Descrption

30 architectural drawings: pencil on trace

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

11/1/2013

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1612

Places

Mamaroneck (Westchester county, New York state) [river]

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

orthographic projections (images)
elevations (orthographic projections)
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
cross sections

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 38 / folders 759 and 760

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