Allan B. Stimpson house, South Dartmouth, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1953

Location Note

Drawer 28 / folder 619

GUSN

GUSN-329608

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Description

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Allan B. Stimpson in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts (commission #1425) including three elevations, three plans, one rendering, two framing plans, one tree plan, and eight details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills. Tree plan is by Raymond Viereck.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a one-story wing, a wood shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, playroom, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, four bedrooms, and two bathrooms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

18 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

AR029.04.04.1425

Image Dimensions

18 x 37 (HxW)(inches)

Places

South Dartmouth (Bristol 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)
renderings (drawings)
framing plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 28 / folder 619

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