Gordon Wheeler house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1937, undated

Location Note

Drawer 9 / folder 209

GUSN

GUSN-327889

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Description

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Gordon Wheeler in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #565) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and two details. No drawings are signed or dated.

Drawings depict a two-storyTudor Revival-style house with one front dormer and a whitewashed brick and rough board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, maid's room and bathroom, three bedrooms, 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)
detail drawings (drawings)
site 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

AR029.04.04.565

Image Dimensions

14 x 25 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk 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)
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 9 / folder 209

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