Lawrence Scovelle house, Melrose, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1933, undated

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folder 121

GUSN

GUSN-327492

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Description

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Lawrence Scovelle in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #369) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Garrison-style house with an asphalt shingle saltbox roof and a clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, eating nook, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, and one bathroom. A recreation room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
garrison houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

8 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

AR029.04.04.369

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Melrose (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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folder 121

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