Alexander R. Wills house, Worcester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1952

Location Note

Drawer 26 / folder 563

GUSN

GUSN-328878

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Description

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Wills in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #1358) including three elevations, two plans, three plot plans, one rendering, and six details. One plot plan is by Robinson Engineering Inc. (Worcester, Massachusetts). Several drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot.

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

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

15 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

AR029.04.04.1358

Image Dimensions

16 x 33 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
site plans
renderings (drawings)
detail drawings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 26 / folder 563

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