William Farnsworth Loomis house, Dover, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1938-1940

Location Note

HAV-01-403-Z-C-111; drawer 10 / folder 234

GUSN

GUSN-327952

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Description

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for William Farnsworth Loomis in Dover, Massachusetts (commission #617) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two framing plans, and fifteen details. Many drawings are signed by Robert Minot, Hugh A. Stubbins Jr., Nathaniel Perry Tufts, and Amelia Brooks Valtz. Plot plan is by Associated Civil Engineers (Melrose, Massachusetts). All drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with three front dormers, a one-story saltbox wing, a cedar shingle roof, and a cedar shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, pantry, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A recreation room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

24 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

AR029.04.04.617

Image Dimensions

16 1/4 x 29 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Dover (Norfolk 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
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

HAV-01-403-Z-C-111; drawer 10 / folder 234

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