Jerome Tosi house, Cohasset, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1956

Location Note

Drawer 37 / folder 745

GUSN

GUSN-330427

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Description

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Tosi in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1588) including three elevations, five plans, one plot plan, two sketches, one rendering, and two details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a one-story saltbox garage wing and a clapboard, flush board, and shingle exterior. House has living room with fireplace, family room, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

14 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

AR029.04.04.1588

Image Dimensions

15 1/2 x 27 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cohasset (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 37 / folder 745

Related Items

Renderings - Royal Barry Wills

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