Samuel H. Glaser house, Brookline, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1937, undated

Location Note

Drawer 8 / folder 204; HAV-01-403-Z-C-109

GUSN

GUSN-327885

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Description

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Samuel H. Glaser in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #557) including three elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, one heating plan, and eight details. Plot plan and two details are dated. Plot plan is by Associated Civil Engineers (Melrose, Massachusetts); no other drawings are signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with two front dormers, an asphalt shingle roof, and a whitewashed brick, flush board, and clapboard exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, maid's room and bathroom, covered porch, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage. A recreation room is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

18 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

AR029.04.04.557

Image Dimensions

14 x 22 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 8 / folder 204; HAV-01-403-Z-C-109

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