Charles S. Sykes house, Springfield, Penn.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955

Location Note

Drawer 35 / folder 713

GUSN

GUSN-330149

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Sykes in Springfield, Pennsylvania (commission #1541) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one rendering, and nine details.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, a one-story saltbox garage wing, a cedar shingle roof, and a stone, flush board, and clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, workshop, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

17 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

AR029.04.04.1541

Image Dimensions

18 x 28 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 35 / folder 713

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