Albert W. Lang house, Melrose, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1937

Location Note

Drawer 9 / folder 211; HAV-01-403-Z-C-110

GUSN

GUSN-327891

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Description

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Albert W. Lang in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #567) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and seven details. Two drawings are dated and signed "R B W."

Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a clapboard and shingle exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, maid's room, lavatory, two bedrooms, dressing room, and two bathrooms. A one-car garage, lavatory, and recreation room with fireplace are 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

16 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

AR029.04.04.567

Image Dimensions

14 3/4 x 18 (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 9 / folder 211; HAV-01-403-Z-C-110

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