1956-1957
Drawer 39 / folder 777 and 778
GUSN-330669
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.
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)
31 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and photostatic copy
AR029
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
2013-11-01
AR029.04.04.1619
18 1/4 x 29 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Marblehead (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
topographic maps
sketches
cross sections
framing plans
renderings (drawings)
House
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Drawer 39 / folder 777 and 778
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