Virginia Goward house, Lowell, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1939

GUSN

GUSN-328298

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Description

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for Virginia Goward in Lowell, Massachusetts (commission #707) including three elevations, three plans, and four details. Drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills, Robert E. Minot, or Nathaniel Perry Tufts.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, two bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
gambrel roofs
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

10 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

AR029.04.04.707

Image Dimensions

13 1/2 x 18 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Lowell (Middlesex 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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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Virginia Goward house, Lowell, Mass.

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