Earl D. Collins house, Needham, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-328648

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Description

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings of house for Earl D. Collins in Needham, Massachusetts (commission #786) including five elevations, five plans, two plot plans, two framing plans, one heating plan, five sketches, and one rendering. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Amelia Brooks Valtz, or Nathaniel Perry Tufts.

Drawings depict a two-story English cottage-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a brick and rough siding exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating nook, covered porch, deck, three bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A recreation room with fireplace, maid's room and bathroom, and office are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
site plans
framing plans
heating plans
renderings (drawings)
sketches

Physical Descrption

21 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and photostatic copy

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.786

Image Dimensions

15 3/4 x 21 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Needham (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
site plans
framing plans
heating plans
renderings (drawings)
sketches

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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