House of Good Taste/Home Builders Program/World's Fair house, Manhattan, N.Y

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1964-1965

Location Note

Drawer 61 / folders 1118, 1119, 1120, and 1121

GUSN

GUSN-334589

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Description

79 architectural drawings for The House of Good Taste, Home Builders Program, World's Fair House in New York, New York (commission #1991). Gordon H. Kunz, Merton S. Barrows, R. J. P., Frederick Ward Crombie, Charles H. Crombie,

House has 2 bedrooms and 2 baths

Multiple sketches and designs within commission.

Plans contain a "List of Participating Manufacturers"

Contained in the commission is an additional 1981unnumbered commission for a house and garage for Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Bliss in Sherborn, Mass. It is not known if these unnumbered plans are from the original World's Fair plans.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

79 architectural drawings: pencil on trace, coated linen, and photo static copy

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

11/1/2013

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1991

Places

Manhattan (New York City, New York state) [borough]

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 61 / folders 1118, 1119, 1120, and 1121

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