Royal Barry Wills (developer) house, Melrose, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1937, undated

Location Note

Drawer 8 / folder 202; HAV-01-403-Z-C-109

GUSN

GUSN-327878

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Description

Set of ten architectural drawings of house developed by Royal Barry Wills in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #554) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Colonial Revival-style house with a stone, flush board, and shingle exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, lavatory, three bedrooms, and one bathroom. A one-car garage is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
saltbox houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

10 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

AR029.04.04.554

Image Dimensions

13 x 18 1/2 (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)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 8 / folder 202; HAV-01-403-Z-C-109

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