Harold A. Grout house, Barrington, R.I.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1957

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 794

GUSN

GUSN-330768

Browse Collection

Description

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Grout in Barrington, Rhode Island (commission #1637) including three elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one landscape plan, two sketches, one rendering, and eleven details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, John F. Howard, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter; most drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a cedar shingle roof and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, lavatory, three bedrooms, two 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)
site plans
sketches
renderings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

23 architectural drawings : pencil on trace, blueprint, 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

AR029.04.04.1637

Image Dimensions

18 x 35 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Barrington (Bristol county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
Royal Barry Wills Associates (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
sketches
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 794

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