C. Louis Gagnebin house, Wellesley, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1956-1957

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 797

GUSN

GUSN-330775

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Description

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. C. Louis Gagnebin in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #1640) including five elevations, six plans, one cross section, and eleven details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; two drawings are dates.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with a cedar shingle roof and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, eating area, covered porch, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
gambrel roofs
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections

Physical Descrption

23 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

AR029.04.04.1640

Image Dimensions

18 x 34 1/4 (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)
detail drawings (drawings)
cross sections

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 797

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