Carl A. Gurshin house, Newton, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1930

Location Note

Drawer 3 / folder 59

GUSN

GUSN-329340

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Description

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Carl A. Gurshin in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #248) including four elevations, four plans, three framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are signed; one drawing is dated. August Johnson Associates was the builder.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Colonial Revival-style house with a slate roof and a shingle and brick exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, pantry, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Drawings are fragile.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

AR029.04.04.251

Image Dimensions

14 1/4 x 22 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 3 / folder 59

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