August Johnson Associates (builder) house, unidentified location

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1930

Location Note

Drawer 3 / folder 61

GUSN

GUSN-329342

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Description

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for builder August Johnson Associates in an unidentified location (commission #248) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and four details. No drawings are signed or dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with one front dormer, a slate hip roof, and a clapboard and brick exterior. House has vestibule, living room with fireplace, library, dining room, kitchen, pantry, lavatory, covered porch, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A recreation room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Drawings are fragile

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

13 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

AR029.04.04.254

Image Dimensions

17 1/4 x 25 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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 3 / folder 61

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