Elmer L. Ford house, Jaffrey, N.H.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1952-1953

Location Note

Drawer 27 / oversized folder 598

GUSN

GUSN-329755

Browse Collection

Description

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Elmer L. Ford in Jaffrey, New Hampshire (commission #1390) including three elevations, two plans, one cross section, three framing plans, two electrical plans, one rendering, and eleven details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a clapboard, flush board, and shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating area, workshop, covered porch, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
cross sections
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
electrical plans
framing plans

Physical Descrption

23 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

AR029.04.04.1390

Image Dimensions

18 1/4 x 33 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Jaffrey (Cheshire county, New Hampshire)

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)
renderings (drawings)
electrical plans
framing plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 27 / oversized folder 598

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