Paul M. Ashton house, Longmeadow, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1941

GUSN

GUSN-330383

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Description

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Ashton in Longmeadow, Massachusetts (commission #872) including three elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, and ten details. Many are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows or Robert E. Minot.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage, a cedar shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating area, screened porch, covered porch, nursery, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

19 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and blueprint

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.872

Image Dimensions

14 1/2 x 29 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Longmeadow (Hampden County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Related Items

Paul M. Ashton tool house, Longmeadow, Mass.

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