Ralph E. Troner house, Brockton, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1964

Location Note

Drawer 60 / folder 1115 and 1116

GUSN

GUSN-331899

Browse Collection

Description

Set of thirty-one architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Troner in Brockton, Massachusetts (commission # 1987). Most drawings are dated and all drawings are signed by Merton Barrows, S.C., R.S.J. and Richard Wills.

Collaborators:Brockton and Taunton Gas Co.

House has a basement with an undesignated space; kitchen, dining room, living room with a fireplace, sewing room in bedroom, three additional bedrooms, dressing room, two baths and a lavatory. House is a one-story, hip, asphalt roof, a white washed brick, clapboard and flushboard exterior.

4 plans
2 elevations
12 detail drawings
1 rendering
1 electrical plan
1 plot plans
4 heating plans
5 preliminary sketches
1 framing plan

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
site plans
electrical plans
framing plans
preliminary sketches (sketches)

Physical Descrption

31 architectural drawing: pencil on vellum and coated paper

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

11/1/2013

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1987

Image Dimensions

31 1/4 x 35 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Brockton (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
site plans
electrical plans
framing plans
preliminary sketches (sketches)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 60 / folder 1115 and 1116

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