Edward E. Babb house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-328609

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Description

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Edward E. Babb in Wellesley HIlls, Massachusetts (commission #754) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two framing plans, and nine details. All drawings are dated; most are signed by Merton S. Barrows, Amelia Brooks Valtz, Robert E. Minot, or Nathaniel Perry Tufts.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape-Cod style house with a one-story wing, a cedar shingle gambrel roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, pantry, lavatory, covered porch, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A recreation room with fireplace is on the basement level.

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)

Physical Descrption

19 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

AR029.04.04.754

Image Dimensions

14 x 33 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

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)

Subjects

House

Restrictions



Description Level

File part

Accruals Note


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