Edith Moses house, Wellesley Hills, Mass

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1931

Location Note

Drawer 4 / oversized folder 104

GUSN

GUSN-331585

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Description

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Edith Moses (commission #315) including four elevations, three plans, ten detail drawings, three heating plans, and two framing plans. Few drawings are dated or signed by Royal Barry Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod house with front dormers, slate roof, and a brick exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, a vestibule, library, dining room, kitchen, pantry, two car garage, three bedrooms, a dressing room with a fireplace, two bathrooms and two maid's rooms with a bathroom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
heating plans
detail drawings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

22 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

AR029.04.04.315

Image Dimensions

18 x 28 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wellesley Hills (Wellesley, Norfolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 4 / oversized folder 104

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