Louise Dyer house, Newton Highlands, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1936, undated

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 177; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

GUSN

GUSN-327758

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Description

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Louise Dyer in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts (commission #508) including four elevations, two plans, one framing plan, and two details. No drawings are dated; six are signed by the builder Vincent K. Cates.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a clapboard exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms, and one bathroom. A playroom is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
framing 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

AR029.04.04.508

Image Dimensions

14 1/2 x 28 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)
framing plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 7 / folder 177; HAV-01-403-Z-C-108

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