Donald Adams house, Worcester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1930

Location Note

Drawer 3 / folder 75

GUSN

GUSN-326680

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Description

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for Donald Adams in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #278) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and two details. No drawings are signed; one is dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with slate roof and a brick, stucco and board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms, and two bathrooms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

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

AR029.04.04.278

Image Dimensions

14 1/2 x 29 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 3 / folder 75

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