Baldwin Sayer house, Middletown, R.I.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1957

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 795

GUSN

GUSN-330770

Browse Collection

Description

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin Sayer in Middletown, Rhode Island (commission #1638) including four elevations, three plans, two plot plans, two renderings, and four details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Warren J. Rhoter.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with a one-story saltbox garage, a wood shingle roof, and a clapboard, shingle, and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating area, lavatory, two bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

15 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

AR029.04.04.1638

Image Dimensions

17 3/4 x 28 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Middletown (Rhode Island island, Newport 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
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 795

Related Items

Baldwin Sayer house, Middletown, R.I.

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