Warren Ordway house, Newton, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1928, undated

Location Note

Drawer 2 / folder 37

GUSN

GUSN-331579

Browse Collection

Description

Set of twenty-five architectural drawings of house for Mr. Warren Ordway in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #212) including four elevations, four plans, three framing plans, one plot plan, and thirteen details. No drawings are signed or dated.

Drawings depict a three-story house. House has playroom, one car garage, living room with a fireplace, secret closet, study, dining room, kitchen, pantry, covered porch, three bedrooms (one with a fireplace) two baths, sewing space, maid's room, a bathroom and a sewing room.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Tudor Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans

Physical Descrption

25 architectural drawings : pencil on trace

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.212

Image Dimensions

14 3/4 x 19 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 2 / folder 37

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