F. Marsena Butts house, Lincoln, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1956-1957

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 793

GUSN

GUSN-330764

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Description

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. F. Marsena Butts in Lincoln, Massachusetts (commission #1633) including three elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one topographic map, one cross section, one rendering, and eight details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, Richard E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter; most drawings are dated. One plot plan and topographic map are by civil engineer Rowland H. Barnes & Co. of Waltham, Massachusetts.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a one-story saltbox wing, a cedar shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, lavatory, 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
renderings (drawings)
topographic maps
cross sections

Physical Descrption

19 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

AR029.04.04.1633

Image Dimensions

18 x 36 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Lincoln (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
renderings (drawings)
topographic maps
cross sections

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 793

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