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August Johnson Associates (builder) house, Belmont, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1938

GUSN

GUSN-328218

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Description

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for builder August Johnson Associates in Belmont, Massachusetts (commission #632) including four elevations, three plans, and three details. Drawings are signed by Merton S. Barrows, Nathaniel Perry Tufts, or Amelia Brooks (Valtz). Most drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers and a clapboard exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, three bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms, and an attached one-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Description

10 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

AR029.04.04.632

Image Dimensions

15 1/2 x 25 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Belmont (Middlesex 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)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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