George S. Burgess house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1928, undated

Location Note

Drawer 2 / folder 33

GUSN

GUSN-326571

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Description

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for George S. Burgess in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #201) including three elevations, three plans, two framing plans, fourteen details, and topographical map. Drawings are in pencil on trace. No drawings are dated or signed. Topographical map is dated January 1929 and was made by Everett M. Brooks, Civil Engineer, Newtonville, Massachusetts.

Drawings depict a two-story French chateau-style house with a steeply pitched slate roof and a white painted brick exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, pantry, sunroom, maid's sitting room, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, sewing room, a maid's room and bathroom, and a two-car attached garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)
topographic maps

Physical Descrption

24 architectural drawings : pencil on trace

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.201

Image Dimensions

16 1/2 x 29 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
detail drawings (drawings)
topographic maps

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 2 / folder 33

Related Items

George S. Burgess house, Wellesley, Mass.

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