Leonard B. Colt house, Little Compton, R.I.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1964

Location Note

Drawer 60 / folders 1109, 1110, and 111

GUSN

GUSN-332192

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Description

4 plans, 5 elevations, 25 detail drawings, 20 sketches, 1 rendering, 1 framing plan, 2 cross sections, 1 plot plan, 3 copies of plot plans for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Colt in Little Compton, Rhode Island (commission # 1979). Most drawings are initialed or signed by R.S.J., S.C., Richard wills or Merton Barrows. Most drawings are dated

Two-story extended Cape Cod house with one car garage with a salt box roof. House has a red cedar shingle roof; white cedar shingle, white washed brick, and a flushboard exterior.

House has a deck, 2 terraces, and a garden; study, living room with a fireplace, dining room with fireplace, kitchen, laundry room, studio with lavatory, maid's room, bedroom with bath and a dressing room.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
sketches
framing plans
cross sections
site plans

Physical Descrption

62 architectural drawing: pencil on vellum, pencil on trace, photo static copy

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

11/1/2013

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1979

Places

Little Compton (Newport county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)
sketches
framing plans
cross sections
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 60 / folders 1109, 1110, and 111

Related Items

Renderings - Merton S. Barrows

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