Leonard Bradford house, Wayland, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1956

Location Note

Drawer 39 / folder 775

GUSN

GUSN-330663

Browse Collection

Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bradford in Wayland, Massachusetts (commission #1616) including four elevations, four plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, one rendering, and six details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows, Ken Duprey, or Richard Wills. Topographic map is by civil engineer William J. Ford Jr., Newtonville, Massachusetts.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a clapboard, shingle, and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, eating area, covered porch, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A family room, future dark room, and a two-car garage are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

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

AR029.04.04.1616

Image Dimensions

18 x 27 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wayland (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)
site plans
renderings (drawings)
topographic maps

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 39 / folder 775

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