William H. Danforth Jr. house, Oyster Harbors, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 706

GUSN

GUSN-330199

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Description

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. William H. Danforth Jr. in Oyster Harbors, Massachusetts (commission #1539) including one plot plan, one rendering, and sixteen rough sketches. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot. Plot plan was made by civil engineers Schofield Bros. of Orelans, Massachusetts.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house. House has a living room with fireplace, sitting room, kitchen, breakfast room, three bedrooms, and three bathrooms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
renderings (drawings)
site plans

Physical Descrption

18 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

AR029.04.04.1539

Image Dimensions

18 x 34 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Oyster Harbors (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
renderings (drawings)
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 34 / folder 706

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