1959
GUSN-331391
Set of twenty-nine architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Best in Whenham, Mass. (commission #1719) including four elevations, seven plans, three sketches, one rendering, two electrical plans, two cross sections, one plot plan, and ten details. Most drawings are signed by Richard Wills, John Howard; most drawings are dated.
Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod house with an asphalt shingle roof, and a shingle, clapboard and flushboard exterior.
First floor has aliving room with fireplace, a dining room, kitchen, eating area, five bedrooms, two baths, study, dressing room, and two car garage.
houses
dwellings
alterations (object components)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
preliminary sketches (sketches)
cross sections
renderings (drawings)
site plans
29 architectural drawings: pencil on trace, and photo static copy
AR029
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
2013-11-01
AR029.04.04.1719
18 x 34 (HxW)(inches)
Wenham (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
Royal Barry Wills Associates (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
preliminary sketches (sketches)
cross sections
renderings (drawings)
site plans
House
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