Mrs. Raymond L. Whitman house, Beverly, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1945

GUSN

GUSN-329294

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mrs. Raymond L. Whitman in Beverly, Massachusetts (commission #1010) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, four framing plans, and five details. Some drawings are dated and signed by Merton S. Barrows, Ken Duprey, or Leon Keach.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a shingle roof and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, covered porch, maid's room and bathroom, two bedrooms (one with fireplace), two bathrooms, dressing room, and deck.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

17 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

AR029.04.04.1010

Image Dimensions

17 3/4 x 30 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Beverly (Essex 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
detail drawings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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