Walter G. Butler house, Worcester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1931, undated

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 94

GUSN

GUSN-327123

Browse Collection

Description

Set of eighteen drawings of house for Walter G. Butler in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #309) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and seven details. No drawings are signed or dated. Also present are a topographical map by H. L. Robinson, Engineer, and a landscape plan by Philip W. Ansell, Landscape Architect, Melrose, Massachusetts.

Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with a one-story saltbox garage wing, slate roof, and a clapboard, brick, and shingle exterior. House has a vestibule, living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, pantry, lavatory, covered porch, maid's room and bathroom, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A recreation room and lavatory are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Georgian Revival
saltbox houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)
topographic maps

Physical Descrption

18 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

AR029.04.04.309

Image Dimensions

17 3/4 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)
topographic maps

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 94

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