Robert Kiehl house, Summit, N.J.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955

Location Note

Drawer 35 / folder 723

GUSN

GUSN-330187

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Description

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kiehl in Summit, New Jersey (commission #1557) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one sketch, one interior elevation, one rendering, and twelve details.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage wing, a cedar shingle roof, and a whitewashed brick, clapboard, and shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room with Franklin stove, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A play room with fireplace, den, dark room, and bathroom are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

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

AR029.04.04.1557

Image Dimensions

14 1/2 x 23 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Summit (Union county, New Jersey)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 35 / folder 723

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