Carroll G. Seward house, Melrose, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1934, undated

Location Note

Drawer 6 / folder 138; HAV-01-403-Z-C-107

GUSN

GUSN-327593

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Description

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Carroll G. Seward in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #399) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are dated or signed. The builder was Edmund C. McLaughlin.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, lavatory, covered porch, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A recreation room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

7 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

AR029.04.04.399

Image Dimensions

15 1/4 x 21 3/4 (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)

Subjects

House

Conservation Note

Two drawings are stuck together.

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 6 / folder 138; HAV-01-403-Z-C-107

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