1931, undated
Drawer 4 / folder 86
GUSN-329353
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.
houses
dwellings
Tudor Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
20 architectural drawings : pencil on trace
AR029
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
2013-11-01
AR029.04.04.297
18 1/2 x 30 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
House
// One drawing is included in article on Royal Barry Wills in Winter 2018 issue of Historic New England magazine..
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Drawer 4 / folder 86
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