Howard house, Newport, R.I.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1938

Location Note

HAV-01-403-Z-C-111; drawer 10 / folder 237

GUSN

GUSN-328189

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Description

Set of six architectural drawings of house for a client named Howard in Newport, Rhode Island (commission #620) including three elevations and three plans. Drawings are dated and signed by Hugh Asher Stubbins Jr.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, a one-story wing with a saltbox roofline, a wood shingle roof, and a clapboard and shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
saltbox houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)

Physical Descrption

6 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

AR029.04.04.620

Image Dimensions

15 x 18 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Newport (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

HAV-01-403-Z-C-111; drawer 10 / folder 237

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