Robert F. Nelson Jr. house, Hopkinton, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1954

Location Note

Drawer 30 / folder 660

GUSN

GUSN-329810

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Description

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Nelson Jr. in Hopkinton, Massachusetts (commission #1475) including three elevations, three plans, one rendering and eight details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows, or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with two one-story wings, an asphalt shingle roof, and a shingle and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, library with fireplace, keeping room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, covered breezeway, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
gambrel roofs
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
renderings (drawings)

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

AR029.04.04.1475

Image Dimensions

18 x 31 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Hopkinton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 30 / folder 660

Related Items

Robert F. Nelson Jr. house, Hopkinton, Mass.

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