Charles Phelan broadcasting plant and house, Portland, Maine

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1937, undated

Location Note

Drawer 9 / folder 210; HAV-01-403-Z-C-110

GUSN

GUSN-327802

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Description

Two projects are included in commission #566. The first is a set of sixteen architectural drawings for alterations to house for Charles W. Phelan in an unidentified location including five elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and seven details. No drawings are dated; one is signed by Royal Barry Wills. Alterations include wing addition with shooting gallery, study, dining room, bedroom, dressing room, bathroom, and two-car garage.

The second is a set of five architectural drawings for a broadcasting studio in Portland, Maine for Charles W. Phelan operating as Casco Bay Broadcasting Co. and includes two elevations and three plans. No plans are signed or dated. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style structure with an asphalt shingle hip roof and a shingle exterior. Building has rehersal room, two studios, control room, eleven offices, two reception rooms, kitchen, lunch room, lavatory, men's and women's rooms, and two operator's quarters.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
alterations (object components)
broadcasting studios
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans

Physical Descrption

21 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

AR029.04.04.566

Image Dimensions

16 3/4 x 27 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 9 / folder 210; HAV-01-403-Z-C-110

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