Melvin A. Pruhl house, Boxford, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1964

Location Note

Drawer 58 / folder 1074

GUSN

GUSN-332194

Browse Collection

Description

4 plans, 6 elevations, 9 details, and 1 plot plan for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Pruhl in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1943). Some drawings are dated and all are signed or initialed by Merton Barrows, Richard Wills, or R.S.J.,

Two-story extended Cape Cod house with a modified Gambrel red cedar shingle roof and a salt box two car garage. House has a red cedar clapboard, white cedar shingle and flushboard exterior. House has a basement with a fireplace, a mud room, a three bedrooms, one with a bath, an additional bathroom, living room with fireplace, family room with fireplace, kitchen, study, and a covered porch.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans

Physical Descrption

20 architectural drawings: pencil on vellum

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

11/1/2013

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1943

Places

Boxford (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Royal Barry Wills Associates (Architect)

Material Type

orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 58 / folder 1074

Related Items

Renderings - Merton S. Barrows

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