W. A. Stewart house, Southbridge, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1939

GUSN

GUSN-329968

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Description

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stewart in Southbridge, Massachusetts (commission #729) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, one heating plan, and six details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Amelia Brooks Valtz, Merton S. Barrows, or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Design may be an alteration of an existing structure.

Drawings depict a two-story house with a hip roof and a whitewashed brick and glass block exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, pantry, dining terrace, three bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and a sundeck. A tool shed is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

17 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and blueprint

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.729

Image Dimensions

16 1/4 x 23 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Southbridge (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

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
topographic maps
heating plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Related Items

Albert H. DiGregorio house, Southbridge, Mass.

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