Ladies Home Journal model house

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1949-1950

GUSN

GUSN-328807

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Description

Set of twenty-nine architectural drawings of model house for Ladies Home Journal (commission #1222) including eleven elevations, four plans, three framing plans, two heating plans, one cross section, and eight details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Robert E. Minot, Warren J. Rhoter, or others.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with an asphalt shingle roof and a clapboard exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining area, kitchen, four bedrooms, and two bathrooms. Multiple iterations of the design are present; one includes a detached one-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)
heating plans
cross sections

Physical Descrption

29 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

AR029.04.04.1222

Image Dimensions

15 1/2 x 23 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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