Paul Smith house, Worcester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1931, undated

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 86

GUSN

GUSN-329353

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Description

Set of twenty architectural drawings of house for Paul Smith in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #297) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, and ten details. No drawings are dated; four are signed by Royal Barry Wills. O'Connell Real Estate Trust was the developer.

Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with round tower, a slate roof, and a brick, stone, stucco, and board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, library, study, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, pantry, lavatory, covered porch, two maid's rooms and one maid's bathroom, four bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A play room, recreation room with fireplace, and bar are on the basement level.

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

20 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

AR029.04.04.297

Image Dimensions

18 1/2 x 30 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Worcester (Worcester 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

Publications Referencing This Collection

// One drawing is included in article on Royal Barry Wills in Winter 2018 issue of Historic New England magazine..

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 86

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