Richard Sherman house, Marblehead, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1956-1957

Location Note

Drawer 39 / folder 777 and 778

GUSN

GUSN-330669

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Description

Set of thirty-one architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sherman in Marblehead, Massachusetts (commission #1619) including three elevations, six plans, one cross section, one framing plan, three plot plans, one topographic map, one sketch, one rendering, and fourteen details. Most drawings are signed by Richard Wills; some drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-level Cape Cod-style house with a gambrel garage, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard, flush board, and shingle exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, office, television room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating area, lavatory, deck, covered porch, four bedrooms, 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)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
topographic maps
sketches
cross sections
framing plans
renderings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

31 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

AR029.04.04.1619

Image Dimensions

18 1/4 x 29 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Marblehead (Essex 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
topographic maps
sketches
cross sections
framing plans
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 39 / folder 777 and 778

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