Gertrude Dyer house, Newton Highlands, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1936, undated

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 174; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

GUSN

GUSN-327751

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Description

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Gertrude Dyer in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts (commission #500) including three elevations, four plans, two framing plans, one preliminary sketch, and three details. No drawings are signed or dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a shingle exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, breakfast nook, lavatory, three bedrooms, dressing room, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

13 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

AR029.04.04.500

Image Dimensions

13 x 19 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Newton (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)
framing plans
sketches

Subjects

House

Conservation Note

Drawings are fragile

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 174; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

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