Bernard Grossman house, West Newton, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1956

Location Note

Drawer 36 / folder 741

GUSN

GUSN-330219

Browse Collection

Description

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Grossman in West Newton, Massachusetts (commission #1577) including one elevation, three plans, one rendering, and eighteen details. Some drawings are signed by Merton S. Barrows, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard Wills; few drawings are dated.

Alterations include an addtion to the existing house and construction of a freestanding "cook house."

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
alterations (object components)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)

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

AR029.04.04.1577

Image Dimensions

16 1/2 x 30 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

West Newton (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]

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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 36 / folder 741

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