E. D. Wallace house, Newton Highlands, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1932

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 99

GUSN

GUSN-327145

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Description

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for E. D. Wallace in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts (commission #324) including six elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, and one detail. One drawing is signed "R B WIlls"; one is misdated 1922.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with three front dormers, a slate roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, lavatory, covered porch, two bedrooms, sewing room, one bathroom, and attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans

Physical Descrption

13 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

AR029.04.04.324

Image Dimensions

14 1/4 x 25 1/2 (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 99

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