August Johnson Associates (builder) house, unidentified location

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1938-1939

GUSN

GUSN-328239

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Description

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for builder August Johnson Associates in an unidentified location (commission #654) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. Drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows, or Robert E. Minot; two drawings are dated.

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

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

8 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

AR029.04.04.654

Image Dimensions

17 3/4 x 23 (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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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