Angus McDonald house, unidentified location

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1933

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folder 111

GUSN

GUSN-327201

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Description

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Angus McDonald (commission #348 including seven elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and three details. Two drawings are dated; two are signed "Royal Barry Wills" or "R B Wills." Location is not known.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, slate roof, and a clapboard and shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, library, dining room, kitchen, pantry, lavatory, three bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A recreation room is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

15 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

AR029.04.04.348

Image Dimensions

16 3/4 x 20 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folder 111

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