Ernest Ruegg house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1952

Location Note

Drawer 27 / folder 589

GUSN

GUSN-329761

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Description

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Ernest Ruegg in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #1394) including four elevations, two plans, one rough sketch, three renderings, two framing plans, and three details. Some drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter. Maurice A. Dunlavy was the builder.

Drawings depict a one-story French-style house with a wood shingle hip roof and a whitewashed brick exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, library, study, dining room with fireplace, kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
renderings (drawings)
detail drawings (drawings)
sketches

Physical Descrption

15 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

AR029.04.04.1394

Image Dimensions

18 x 29 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
renderings (drawings)
detail drawings (drawings)
sketches

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 27 / folder 589

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