1934, undated
Drawer 6 / folder 136; HAV-01-403-Z-C-107
GUSN-327582
Set of ten architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #394) including four elevations, four plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed.
Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a brick, stucco and timber exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, eating nook, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, sewing room, and two bathrooms. A recreation room with fireplace and an attached two-car garage are on the basement level; an additional bedroom is in the attic.
Detail drawing of front door has the following notation: "Hand carved figures by London Furniture Shops."
houses
dwellings
Tudor Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
10 architectural drawings : pencil on trace
AR029
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
2013-11-01
AR029.04.04.394
18 1/4 x 19 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Melrose (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
House
File part
Drawer 6 / folder 136; HAV-01-403-Z-C-107
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