Sidney M. Kensinger house, Melrose, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1933, undated

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folder 120

GUSN

GUSN-327486

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Description

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Sidney M. Kensinger in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #364) including four elevations, three plans, three heating plans, and two details. Heating plans are signed "N H & J" and dated; no other drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt saltbox roof and a clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage. A recreation room is on the basement level.

Drawings are fragile

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
saltbox houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
heating plans

Physical Descrption

12 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

AR029.04.04.364

Image Dimensions

14 3/4 x 20 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Melrose (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
heating plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folder 120

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