Ellis F. Brown house, Foxboro, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1960

Location Note

Drawer 48 / folder 916

GUSN

GUSN-331508

Browse Collection

Description

Set of fifty-five architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Ellis F. Brown in Foxboro, Massachusetts (commission #1787) including twenty-five preliminary sketches, five elevations, two plans, sixteen details, and seven rendering. Some drawings signed and dated by Richard Wills, David Guild Dethlefs, and John F. Howard.

One-story Cape Cod house has a two car garage, a cedar shingle roof and a brick and flushboard exterior.

Basement has a recreation room with a fireplace, music room, play room and a lavatory.

First floor has a living room with a fireplace, study, dining room with a fireplace, kitchen, lavatory, four bedrooms, and two baths.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
alterations (object components)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
sketches
renderings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

55 architectural drawings: pencil on trace and photo static 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

AR029.04.04.1787

Image Dimensions

18 1/4 x 39 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Foxboro (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)
sketches
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 48 / folder 916

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