Woodbury Brackett house, Concord, N.H.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1957

Location Note

Drawer 41 / folders 813 and 814

GUSN

GUSN-330821

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Description

Set of twenty-seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Brackett in Concord, New Hampshire (commission #1660) including four elevations, two plans, one plot plan, one rendering, five sketches, one topographic map, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows, Ken Duprey, or John F. Howard.

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

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

27 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

AR029.04.04.1660

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Concord (Merrimack county, New Hampshire)

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)
renderings (drawings)
site plans
detail drawings (drawings)
sketches

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 41 / folders 813 and 814

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