Robert B. Choate house, Danvers, Mass.

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Collection Type

Architecture

Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-328627

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Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
Project Records, 1920-2015
Project drawings, 1920s-2013
Robert B. Choate house, Danvers, Mass.
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Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
- Project Records, 1920-2015
  - Project drawings, 1920s-2013

Description

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Robert B. Choate in Danvers, Massachusetts (commission #770) including eight elevations, six plans, and two details. Eight drawings are dated 1940 and are signed by Amelia Brooks Valtz. The remaining drawings are dated 1951.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a one-story wing, a cedar shingle roof, and a clapboard, shingle, and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

AR029.04.04.770

Image Dimensions

14 3/4 x 21 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Danvers (Essex 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)

Subjects

House

Publications Referencing This Collection

([c1941]). Better houses for budgeteers; sketches and plans by Royal Barry Wills.. Architectural Book Publishing Co., inc., 29.

Description Level

File part

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