Keniston Building Trust (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-328591

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Description

Set of five architectural drawings of house for builder Keniston Building Trust in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #746) including three elevations and two plans. No drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with a shingle hip roof and a clapboard, flush board, and brick exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating nook, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, dressing room, and one bathroom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Georgian Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)

Physical Descrption

5 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

AR029.04.04.746

Image Dimensions

13 x 17 1/2 (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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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