Gene Roberts house, Lexington, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1956, undated

Location Note

Drawer 38 / folder 762

GUSN

GUSN-330665

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Description

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Gene Roberts in Lexington, Massachusetts (commission #1617) including three elevations, three plans, five framing plans, and three details. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a one-story saltbox garage, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, eating area, covered porch, lavatory, four bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
garrison houses
Colonial Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
framing plans

Physical Descrption

14 architectural drawings : pencil on trace

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1617

Image Dimensions

18 1/4 x 33 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Lexington (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)
framing plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 38 / folder 762

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