C. F. Blake, Buzzards Bay, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1939

GUSN

GUSN-328289

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Description

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for C. F. Blake in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (commission #691) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one heating plan, and six details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills or Nathaniel Perry Tufts.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a wood shingle roof and a shingle and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, three bedrooms, sitting room, 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
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
heating plans

Physical Descrption

14 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

AR029.04.04.691

Image Dimensions

13 x 25 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Buzzards Bay (Bourne, Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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