Jess T. Melanson house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1930

Location Note

Drawer 3 / folder 62

GUSN

GUSN-326646

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Jess T. Melanson in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #255) including four elevations, four plans, three framing plans, and six details. No drawings are signed or dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with balustrade, slate roof, and clapboard exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, library, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, pantry, lavatory, covered porch, four bedrooms, and two bathrooms. Two maid's rooms and a bathroom are in the attic.

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

17 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

AR029.04.04.255

Image Dimensions

15 3/4 x 29 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk 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 62

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