Carroll C. Davis house, Winchester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1951

Location Note

Drawer 24 / oversized folder 538

GUSN

GUSN-329648

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Description

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Carroll C. Davis in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1305) including four elevations, two plans, two plot plans, five framing plans, two sketches, one rendering, and six details. Most drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows, or Warren Rhoter; some drawings are dated. One plot plan was made by registered land surveyor Howard F. Ambrose of Winchester, Massachusetts.

Drawings depict a one-story house with an asphalt shingle roof and a shingle and stone exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining area, kitchen, covered breezeway, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached one-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

22 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

AR029.04.04.1305

Places

Winchester (Middlesex 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)
site plans
framing plans
renderings (drawings)
sketches

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 24 / oversized folder 538

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