Chester S. Patten (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1933, undated

Location Note

Drawer 6 / folder 134; HAV-01-403-Z-C-107

GUSN

GUSN-327568

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Description

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #391) including four elevations, three plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a slate roof and a whitewashed brick and rough board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A playroom with fireplace and an attached two-car garage are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

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

AR029.04.04.391

Image Dimensions

18 1/4 x 19 1/4 (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 6 / folder 134; HAV-01-403-Z-C-107

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