E. Carlisle Baker house, Brookline, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1933

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folders 112 and 113

GUSN

GUSN-327202

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Description

Set of forty-five architectural drawings of house for E. Carlisle Baker in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #350) including four elevations, five plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, two cross sections, three landscape plans, and twenty-eight details. Many details are dated; many are also signed "Royal Barry Wills" or "RBW."

Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a slate roof and a whitewashed brick and rough board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, pantry, maid's room and bathroom, covered porch, two studies, three bedrooms, dressing room, and two bathrooms. A recreation room and a two-car garage are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

45 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

AR029.04.04.350

Image Dimensions

15 3/4 x 23 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folders 112 and 113

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