Ivan Hamm (builder) house, Newton, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1929, undated

Location Note

Drawer 2 / folder 49

GUSN

GUSN-326613

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Description

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for builder Ivan Hamm in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #238) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, plot plan, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a steeply pitched shingled roof and a brick and rough board exterior. House has vestibule, living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating nook, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, and two bathrooms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

11 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

AR029.04.04.238

Image Dimensions

13 3/4 x 17 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Newton (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)
framing plans
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 2 / folder 49

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