Walter H. Miller house, Williamsburg, Va.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1958-1959

Location Note

Drawer 45 / folder 873

GUSN

GUSN-331441

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Description

Forty-seven architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Miller in Williamsburg, Virginia (commission #1743) including eleven plans, eleven elevations, seven detail drawings, plot plan, fifteen preliminary sketches, and two renderings. Some signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert Minot, and Walter Pratt.

*Many revisions, rough sketches, un-numbered drawings.

Two-story hip roof house with colonade.

First floor has a living room with fireplace, study, kitchen, breakfast room, llavatory, covered porch, and vestibule.

Second floor has three bedrooms, two baths, and a dressing room.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
alterations (object components)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
renderings (drawings)
preliminary sketches (sketches)

Physical Descrption

47 architectural drawing: pencil on trace and photo static 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

AR029.04.04.1743

Places

Williamsburg (Williamsburg Indep. City, Virginia)

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)
preliminary sketches (sketches)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 45 / folder 873

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