W. Edward Taylor house, Fairfield, Connecticut

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 703

GUSN

GUSN-330141

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Description

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. W. Edward Taylor in Fairfield, Connecticut (commission #1535) including four elevations, three plans, three plot plans, one rendering, and eleven details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Warren J. Rhoter or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with one-story wings, a wood shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room with fireplace, kitchen, covered porch with fireplace, shop, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, dressing room, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

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

AR029.04.04.1535

Image Dimensions

13 1/4 x 32 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Fairfield (Fairfield county, Connecticut)

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
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 703

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