Mrs. Hugo Ormo house, Cohasset, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1948

GUSN

GUSN-330509

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Description

Set of thirty architectural drawings of house for Mrs. Hugo Ormo in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1167) including six elevations, nine plans, three plot plans, one topographic map, ten rough sketches, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Royal Bary Wills, Merton S. Barrows, or Warren J. Rhoter; two drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a cedar shingle roof and a stone, shingle, and board-and-batten exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, snack corner, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms. A one-car garage is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
sketches
renderings (drawings)
site plans
topographic maps

Physical Descrption

30 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

AR029.04.04.1167

Image Dimensions

17 3/4 x 27 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cohasset (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
sketches
renderings (drawings)
site plans
topographic maps

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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