Benjamin Franklin Homes Inc. (builder) house, unidentified location

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1935, undated

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 162; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

GUSN

GUSN-327720

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Description

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Benjamin Franklin Homes Inc. at an unidentified location (commission #471) including five elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, and four details. No drawings are dated; plot plan is signed "Joyce."

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, an asphalt shingle 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 with fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

14 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

AR029.04.04.471

Image Dimensions

15 x 17 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
cross sections

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 162; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

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