Wellesley Home Mortage Co. houses, Wellesley, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1951

Location Note

Drawer 25 / oversized folders 555 and 556

GUSN

GUSN-330570

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Description

Set of twenty-eight architectural drawings of various houses for Wellesley Home Mortgage Co. in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #1324) including five elevations, twelve plans, three framing plans, one rendering, and seven details. Sketch is signed by Royal Barry Wills.

Drawings depict a variety of ranch-style houses and had following notation: "Houses used in development for Mr. George Niece of the Wellesly Home Mortgage Co. - Wellesley, Mass."

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
ranch houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
sketches
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

28 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

AR029.04.04.1324

Image Dimensions

18 x 32 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 25 / oversized folders 555 and 556

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