John D. Langmuir house, Concord, N.H.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1952

Location Note

Drawer 28 / oversized folder 610

GUSN

GUSN-330908

Browse Collection

Description

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John D. Langmuir in Concord, New Hampshire (commission #1412) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, one rendering, and eight details. Most drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows or Warren J. Rhoter; some drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage wing, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard and board-and-batten exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, two lavatories, covered breezeway, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached two-car garage. A recreation room with fireplace and workshop are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

18 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

AR029.04.04.1412

Image Dimensions

18 x 34 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Concord (Merrimack county, New Hampshire)

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
site plans
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 28 / oversized folder 610

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