Everett H. Singer house, Amsterdam, N.Y.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1953-1954

Location Note

Drawer 29 / oversized folder 628

GUSN

GUSN-329621

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Description

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Everett H. Singer in Amsterdam, New York (commission #1431) including two elevations, five plans, one music/television plan, one rendering, and fifteen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Warren J. Rhoter. Music/television plan was done by Concert-Craft Inc. in Schenectady, New York.

Drawings depict a one-story French-style house with a cedar shingle hip roof and a whitewashed brick and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating area, two bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A recreation room and liquor storage room are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

24 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

AR029.04.04.1431

Image Dimensions

23 1/4 x 31 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Amsterdam (Montgomery county, New York state)

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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 29 / oversized folder 628

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