Raymond S. Stevens house, Melrose, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1939

GUSN

GUSN-328422

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Description

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Raymond S. Stevens in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #725-A) including four elevations, four plans, and one sketch. All drawings signed by Amelia Brooks Valtz or Nathaniel Perry Tufts; most drawings are dated. The builder was Chester S. Patten.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a shingle roof and a clapboard, brick, and shingle exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, eating nook, kitchen, 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
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
sketches

Physical Descrption

9 architectural drawings : pencil and color 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

AR029.04.04.725-A

Image Dimensions

18 x 23 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Melrose (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
sketches

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Related Items

Raymond S. Stevens house, Melrose, Mass.

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