W. R. Kenyon house, Lexington, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1946

GUSN

GUSN-330451

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Description

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for W. R. Kenyon in Lexington, Massachusetts (commission #1048) including four elevations, two plans, three framing plans, and three details. No drawings are signed; all are dated.

Drawings depict a one-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, two bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage. A room with a fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

12 architectural drawings : pencil on trace

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1048

Image Dimensions

15 x 23 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Lexington (Middlesex 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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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