William Henry McAdams house, Newton, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1931

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 85

GUSN

GUSN-326904

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Description

Set of twenty-five architectural drawings of house for William Henry McAdams in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #294) including four elevations, three plans, three framing plans, plot plan, and ten details. No drawings are dated or signed.
A sketch and three blueprints of plans are also present. Two details are signed "RBW." One drawing is dated 1942 and depicts a later alteration to the front door.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a slate roof and a whitewashed brick exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, lavatory, covered porch, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms, two dressing rooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial 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 and blueprints

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.294

Image Dimensions

17 x 24 (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 4 / folder 85

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