Homestyle Center Inc. model house, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955-1956

Location Note

Drawer 36 / folder 737

GUSN

GUSN-330420

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of model house for Homestyle Center Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan (commission #1573) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, four renderings, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Ken Duprey.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a cedar shingle roof and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, family room/kitchen with grill, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, 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
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (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

AR029.04.04.1573

Image Dimensions

25 1/4 x 43 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Grand Rapids (Kent county, Michigan)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 36 / folder 737

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