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

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1935, undated

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 159; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

GUSN

GUSN-327697

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Description

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #466) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are signed or dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a brick, rough board, and clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, maid's room, three bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A playroom is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

7 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

AR029.04.04.466

Image Dimensions

16 1/4 x 22 (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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 159; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

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