John W. Blake house, Weston, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1964-1965

Location Note

Drawer 61 / folder 1123

GUSN

GUSN-331901

Browse Collection

Description

Set of twenty-six architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. John W. Blake in Weston, Massachusetts (commission # 1994). Most drawings are dated and some drawings are signed by S.C., R.S.J. and F.W. Crombie

House has a basement with an undesignated space; guest room, bathroom, lavatory, mud room, study with fireplace, kitchen, dining room, living room with a fireplace, utility room, family room with a fireplace, five bedrooms and two additional baths with a plan for another bath.

Drawings depict a colonial revival with an asphalt roof; whitwashed brick, clapboard and flushboard exterior.

4 plans
2 elevations
16 detail drawings
1 rendering
2 electrical plan
1 plot plans

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

26 architectural drawing: pencil on vellum and brown print

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

11/1/2013

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.1994

Image Dimensions

26 x 36 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Weston (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

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)
site plans
electrical plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 61 / folder 1123

Related Items

Renderings - Merton S. Barrows

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