J. Bell Baster house, Weston, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1956, undated

Location Note

Drawer 39 / folder 781

GUSN

GUSN-330974

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Description

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. J. Bell Baster in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #1625) including four elevations, three plans, one rendering, and seven details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard Wills; no drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage wing, an asphalt shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, two lavatories, covered porch, three bedrooms, dressing room, 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)
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

AR029.04.04.1625

Image Dimensions

18 x 38 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Weston (Middlesex 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)
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 39 / folder 781

Related Items

J. Bell Baster house, Weston, Mass.
John Skillman house, Weston, Mass.

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