Mrs. J. Edward Brooks house, Milton, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1936, undated

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 169; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

GUSN

GUSN-329366

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Description

Set of twenty architectural drawings of house for Mrs. J. Edward Brooks in Milton, Massachusetts (commission #492-2) including five elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one heating plan, two framing plans, and seven details. No drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a one-story garage wing and a clapboard, shingle, and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, pantry, maid's room and bathroom, four bedrooms (one with fireplace), two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A recreation room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Design won second prize in fourteenth annual House Beautiful competition in 1938.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

20 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and photostatic copy

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.492-2

Image Dimensions

15 x 23 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Milton (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Conservation Note

drawings are fragile

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 169; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

Related Items

Scrapbook, 1937-1938
J. Edward Brooks house, Milton, Mass.

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