Vivian E. Kistler house, Melrose, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1941

GUSN

GUSN-328722

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Description

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for Vivian E. Kistler in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #857) including three elevations, three plans, and four details. Six drawings are dated and signed by Amelia Brooks Valtz.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle bow roof and a clapboard, flush board, and shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

10 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

AR029.04.04.857

Image Dimensions

14 x 21 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)
detail drawings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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Vivian E. Kistler house, Melrose, Mass.

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