C. L. Emerson Jr. house, Duxbury, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1952

Location Note

Drawer 27 / oversized folders 596 and 597

GUSN

GUSN-329752

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Description

Set of twenty-eight architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Emerson Jr. in Duxbury, Massachusetts (commission #1389) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two cross sections, one rendering, and eighteen details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter.

Drawings depict a two-story Modern house with a slightly pitched roof and a stone and cypress exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, six bedrooms, three bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

28 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

AR029.04.04.1389

Image Dimensions

22 x 29 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Duxbury (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
cross sections
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 27 / oversized folders 596 and 597

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