C. Louis Gagnebin house, Cohasset, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1951-1952

Location Note

Drawer 24 / folder 531

GUSN

GUSN-330846

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Description

Set of twenty-five architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. C. Louis Gagnebin in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1311) including five elevations, five plans, one plot plan, two renderings, and twelve details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Leon Keach, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, eating area, covered porch, four bedrooms, dressing/sitting room with fireplace, three bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. A future recreation room with fireplace and shop are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Georgian Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
site plans
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

25 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

AR029.04.04.1311

Image Dimensions

18 x 31 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cohasset (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 24 / folder 531

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