Roger W. Gates house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1931

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 93

GUSN

GUSN-327105

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Description

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Roger W. Gates in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #308) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one cross section, one heating plan, and twelve details. Two drawings are dated; one is signed by Royal Barry Wills. Also included is a topographic map made by Gleason Engineering Corporation.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style saltbox house with a wood shingle roof and a clapboard exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, covered porch, lavatory, maid's room and bathroom, four bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A recreation room with fireplace and a two-car garage are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
saltbox houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
topographic maps
cross sections
heating plans

Physical Descrption

24 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and starch-coated cloth

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.308

Image Dimensions

15 1/4 x 24 (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)
site plans
topographic maps
cross sections
heating plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 93

Related Items

Roger W. Gates house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

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