Robert Abbott house, Winchester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1933, undated

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folders 116 and 117

GUSN

GUSN-327203

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Description

Set of twenty-nine architectural drawings of house for Robert Abbott in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #357) including three elevations, three plans, five framing plans, two cross sections, one plot plan, and fifteen details. No drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with five front dormers, a wood shingle gambrel roof, and a shingle and rough board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, pantry, maid's room and bathroom, four bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

29 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

AR029.04.04.357

Image Dimensions

15 1/4 x 26 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Winchester (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
cross sections
site plans
detail drawings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folders 116 and 117

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Robert Abbott house, Winchester, Mass.
Robert Abbott house, Winchester, Mass.

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