John H. Bryer house, Newton, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1933, undated

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folder 122

GUSN

GUSN-327496

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Description

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for John H. Bryer in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #371) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and one detail. No drawings are signed or dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a slate roof and a brick and clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, breakfast nook, study, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage. A recreation room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

9 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

AR029.04.04.371

Image Dimensions

15 x 16 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Newton (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)
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 5 / folder 122

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