Keniston Building Trust (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-328592

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Description

Set of three architectural drawings of house for builder Keniston Building Trust in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #747) including two elevations and one site plan. No drawings are dated and signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle saltbox roof and a brick and rough siding exterior.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
garrison houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
site plans

Physical Descrption

3 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

AR029.04.04.747

Image Dimensions

13 1/4 x 19 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Melrose (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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