Thomas S. Buchanan house, Sharon, Conn.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1941

Location Note

Drawer 13 / folders 312

GUSN

GUSN-328686

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Description

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Thomas S. Buchanan in Sharon, Connecticut (commission #822) including three elevations, three plans, and six details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Robert E. Minot.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with two dormers, a cedar roof, and a clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, library with fireplace, dining room with fireplace, kitchen, pantry, lavatory, two maid's rooms and one maid's bathroom, four bedrooms, two dressing rooms, sewing room, and three bathrooms. A two-car garage is on the basement level.

Drawings are fragile

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

12 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

AR029.04.04.822

Image Dimensions

16 1/2 x 27 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Sharon (Litchfield county, Connecticut)

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

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 13 / folders 312

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