Gilbert Verney house, Nantucket, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1960-1961

GUSN

GUSN-331614

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Description

Set of thirty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Verney in Nantucket, Massachusetts (commission #1817) including five elevations, three plans, one heating plan, one rendering, one cross section, and three framing plans. Many drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot, Ken Duprey, Warren Rhoter, and initaled by others.

Two-story guest house with cedar shingle roof; a shingle and flushboard exterior.

House has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room with a fireplace, dining room, bar, kitchen, deck, and covered porch.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

33 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

AR029.04.04.1817

Image Dimensions

18 x 25 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Nantucket county (Massachusetts) [county]

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)
site plans
cross sections
heating plans
renderings (drawings)
framing plans

Subjects

House

Publications Referencing This Collection

([1945]). Houses for homemakers, by Royal Barry Wills.. F. Watts, inc., 63.

Description Level

File part

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