Francis A. Harrington house, Worcester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1936

Location Note

Drawer 8 / folders 186 and 187; HAV-01-403-Z-C-109

GUSN

GUSN-327801

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Description

Set of twenty-seven architectural drawings of house for Francis A. Harrington in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #525) including four elevations, three plans, one sketch, one plot plan, and eighteen details. No drawings are dated; three are signed "R B Wills."

Drawings depict a two-story L-shaped Tudor Revival-style house with a tower, slate roof, and a brick and rough board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, two lavatories, sun porch, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms, dressing room, nursery, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A recreation room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

27 architectural drawings : pencil and colored 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

AR029.04.04.525

Image Dimensions

18 1/4 x 25 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
site plans
detail drawings (drawings)
sketches

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 8 / folders 186 and 187; HAV-01-403-Z-C-109

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