Horace S. Stewart house, Orono, Maine

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1937, undated

Location Note

Drawer 9 / folder 213; HAV-01-403-Z-C-110

GUSN

GUSN-327895

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Description

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Horace S. Stewart in Orono, Maine (commission #571) including three elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and four details. No drawings are dated or signed.

Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, an angled wing with a saltbox roofline, a wood shingle roof, and a clapboard and shingle exterior. House has living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms, three bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. The angled wing contains a "nineteenth hole" recreation room with fireplace and folding bunk bed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
saltbox houses
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
framing plans

Physical Descrption

12 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

AR029.04.04.571

Image Dimensions

16 1/2 x 31 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Orono (Penobscot county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 9 / folder 213; HAV-01-403-Z-C-110

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Horace S. Stewart house, Orono, Maine

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