Albert O. Wilson Jr. house, Lexington, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1950

GUSN

GUSN-328819

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Description

Set of twenty-seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Albert O. Wilson Jr. in Lexington, Massachusetts (commission #1249) including six elevations, four plans, six framing plans, one cross section, one plot plan, one rendering, and eight details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows, or Warren J. Rhoter.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an angled one-story saltbox wing, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard and shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating area, lavatory, six bedrooms, three bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A future play room with fireplace is shown on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
framing plans
site plans
cross sections
renderings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

27 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

AR029.04.04.1249

Image Dimensions

14 3/4 x 31 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Lexington (Middlesex 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)
framing plans
site plans
cross sections
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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Albert O. Wilson Jr. house, Lexington, Mass.

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