Vincent E. Squiers (builder) house, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1928, undated

Location Note

Drawer 1 / folder 23

GUSN

GUSN-326552

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Description

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for builder Vincent E. Squiers in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (commission #192) including four elevations, four plans, three framing plans, and plot plan. Drawings are in pencil on trace. No drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a slate roof and a brick, stone and rough board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, library, kitchen, pantry, lavatory, covered porch, four bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and attached two-car garage on the basement level. One plan shows two maid's rooms and one bathroom in attic.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Tudor Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
site plans

Physical Descrption

12 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

AR029.04.04.192

Image Dimensions

17 x 27 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Chestnut Hill (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 1 / folder 23

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