Hollis P. Nichols house, Needham, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1939

GUSN

GUSN-331609

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Description

Set of thrity-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Hollis P. Nichols in Needham, Massachusetts (commission #687) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, and twenty-two details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Merton Barrows.

****Some quite fragile - some retraced by C(?) in 1947, with original 1939 also shown.****

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival house with front dormers, a asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard exterior.
House has three car garage, living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, dining room with fireplace, kitchen, pantry, lavatory, maid's room and bathroom, shed, three bedrooms, three bathrooms, dressing rooms, and a rec room.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

32 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

AR029.04.04.687

Image Dimensions

16 x 31 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Needham (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
framing plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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