James L. Whelan house, Cohasset, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1957

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 800

GUSN

GUSN-330790

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. James L. Whelan in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1645) including seven elevations, six plans, one rendering, and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with three front dormers, a saltbox garage, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, family room, living room/kitchen with fireplace, lavatory, four bedrooms, dressing room, 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)
renderings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

17 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

AR029.04.04.1645

Image Dimensions

19 1/4 x 29 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cohasset (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
Royal Barry Wills Associates (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 800

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