Rodger P. Nordblom house, Concord, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1955-1956

Location Note

Drawer 35 / folder 718

GUSN

GUSN-330591

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Description

Set of twenty-eight architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Rodger P. Nordblom in Concord, Massachusetts (commission #1547) including four elevations, three plans, one cross section, one plot plan, one rendering, and eighteen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with one front dormer, a one-story saltbox garage, a cedar shingle roof, and a brick, flush board and clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, library, dining room, kitchen, pantry, eating area, maid's room and bathroom, four bedrooms (one with fireplace), dressing room, three bathrooms, and an attached three-car garage. A future guest room wing is also shown.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
cross sections
renderings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

28 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

AR029.04.04.1547

Image Dimensions

18 1/4 x 40 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Concord (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)
site plans
cross sections
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 35 / folder 718

Related Items

Rodger P. Nordblom house, Concord, Mass.

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