Edwin B. Havens house, Plainfield, N.J.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-328645

Browse Collection

Description

Set of twenty-five architectural drawings of house for Edwin B. Havens in Plainfield, New Jersey (commission #785) including four elevations, three plans, one heating plan, two framing plans, one rendering, and fourteen details. Many drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills, Robert E. Minot, or Nathaniel Perry Tufts.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a one-story wing, two front dormers, a shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, three covered porches, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Colonial Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
heating plans
framing plans
renderings (drawings)
detail drawings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

25 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and photostatic copy

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.785

Image Dimensions

15 3/4 x 26 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Plainfield (Union county, New Jersey)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

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

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Related Items

Edwin B. Havens house, Plainfield, N.J.
Edwin B. Havens house, Plainfield, N.J.
Renderings - Unidentified artists

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