William Donald Miller house, Marblehead, Mass.

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Collection Type

Architecture

Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-328639

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Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
Project Records, 1920-2015
Project drawings, 1920s-2013
William Donald Miller house, Marblehead, Mass.
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Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
- Project Records, 1920-2015
  - Project drawings, 1920s-2013

Description

Set of twenty-six architectural drawings of alterations to existing house for William Donald Miller in Marblehead, Massachusetts (commission #781) including five elevations, three plans, two plot plans, three framing plans, one heating plan, and twelve details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Merton S. Barrows, Amelia Brooks Valtz, and Robert E. Minot. One plot plan is by Associted Civil Engineers (Melrose, Massachusetts).

Drawings depict numerous alterations to an eighteenth century structure.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
alterations (object components)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
framing plans
heating plans

Physical Descrption

26 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

AR029.04.04.781

Image Dimensions

17 3/4 x 21 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Marblehead (Essex 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)
site plans
framing plans
heating plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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