Winthrop W. Chamberlain, Boxford, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1957-1958, undated

Location Note

Drawer 42 / folder 827

GUSN

GUSN-331281

Browse Collection

Description

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop W. Chamberlain in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1684) including three elevations, five plans, fifteen details, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills, Merton S. Barrows, and John F. Howard; no drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a one-story extended Cape Cod-style house that resembles a duplex. The house has a two car garage, a cedar shingle roof, and a clapboard exterior. Part one of the houses has a living room #1 with fireplace, family room, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, three bedrooms, two bathrooms. Part two of the house has living room #2 with fireplace, music room, covered porch, dining room, eating area, two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a dining room.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

24 architectural drawings : pencil on trace, photostic copy, and "brown" print

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1684

Image Dimensions

22 x 36 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boxford (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

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

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 42 / folder 827

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