Herbert T. Lorentzen house, Englewood, N.J.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1948

GUSN

GUSN-331664

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Description

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Lorentzen in Englewood, N.J. (commission #1156) including two elevations, three plans, one rendering, and eight details. Most drawings are signed by Walter Pratt and Merton Barrows; drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod house with a shingle roof, clapboard, flushboard, and shingle exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, tool room, four bedrooms, two bathrooms a screened porch and a two car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
split-level houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
site plans

Physical Descrption

14 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

AR029.04.04.1156

Image Dimensions

25 3/4 x 31 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Englewood (Bergen county, New Jersey)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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