Katharine W. Wallis house, Worcester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1937

Location Note

Drawer 8 / folder 203; HAV-01-403-Z-C-109

GUSN

GUSN-327882

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Description

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Katharine W. Wallis in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #556) including four elevations, three plans, two plot plans with two cutouts of house footprint, two framing plans, one tree map, and one copy of presentation rendering. Tree map is dated and signed by H. L. Robinson (engineer) of Worcester, Massachusetts. Rendering is signed "Royal Barry Wills." No other drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a slate roof and a stone and board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A recreation room with fireplace and a two-car garage are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

13 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and photostatic copy on paper

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.556

Image Dimensions

15 3/4 x 27 1/4 (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
framing plans
renderings (drawings)
planting plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 8 / folder 203; HAV-01-403-Z-C-109

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