National Homes Inc. house, Lafayette, Ind.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1957-1958

Location Note

Drawer 41 / folder 802

GUSN

GUSN-334597

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Description

260 architectural drawings for a house for National Homes Inc., in Lafayette, Indiana (commission #1648). The commission is a "study group" for National Homes Inc. There are dozens of plans, sketches, and renderings for variuos looking homes. Correspondence was found within the commission and placed in the project files.
Few of the drawings were signed and dated.

Details

Descriptive Terms

detail studies
houses
dwellings
open air exhibitions
orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
renderings (drawings)
site plans
preliminary sketches (sketches)
detail studies

Physical Descrption

260 architectural drawings: pencil on trace, diazo, and photo static copy,

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

11/1/2013

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1648

Places

Lafayette (Tippecanoe county, Indiana)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
renderings (drawings)
site plans
preliminary sketches (sketches)
detail studies

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 41 / folder 802

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