Paul A. Morin house, Saco, Maine

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1940-1945

GUSN

GUSN-328427

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Description

Set of forty-three architectural drawings of house for Dr. Paul A. Morin in Saco, Maine (commission #733) including nine exterior elevations, three interior elevations, five plans, two plot plans, two framing plans, seven sketches, and fifteen details. Most drawings are signed by Merton S. Barrows, Amelia Brooks Valtz, Robert E. Minot, or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Dates span 1940 to 1945 and include alterations to the original house, a tool house, nursery modifications, and a fence.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, a one-story wing with a garmbrel roofline, a wood shingle roof, and a clapboard, shingle, and flush board exterior. House has a living room, library with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, pantry, conservatory, four bedrooms (one with fireplace), two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

43 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

AR029.04.04.733

Image Dimensions

15 x 29 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Saco (York county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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