Alphonso W. Adkins house, Lincoln, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1937-1938

Location Note

Drawer 11 / folder 231; HAV-01-403-Z-C-111

GUSN

GUSN-327949

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Description

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings of house for Alphonso W. Adkins in Lincoln, Massachusetts (commission #611) including five elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, two framing plans, two heating plans, and seven details. Fourteen drawings are signed by Robert Minot; two are signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Plot plan was made by Associated Civil Engineers (Melrose, Massachusetts); the topographical plan was made by Civil Engineers Roland H. Barnes and Henry F. Beals (Newton and Wlatham, Massachusetts). The majority of drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial-style house with a wood shingle saltbox roof and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining alcove, kitchen, covered porch, maid's room and bathroom, two bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
garrison houses
saltbox houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
heating plans
framing plans
site plans
topographic maps

Physical Descrption

21 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and blueprint

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.611

Image Dimensions

17 1/2 x 24 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Lincoln (Middlesex 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)
heating plans
framing plans
site plans
topographic maps

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 11 / folder 231; HAV-01-403-Z-C-111

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Alphonso W. Adkins house, Lincoln, Mass.

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