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American Red Cross office building, Melrose, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1953

Location Note

Drawer 29 / folder 635

GUSN

GUSN-330589

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Description

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of office building for the American Red Cross in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #1437) including four elevations, two plans, one cross section, two plot plans, two renderings, and two details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Robert E. Minot, or Leon Keach.

Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style office building. Building has a conference room, office, nurse's room, recovery room, work room, kitchen, and two lavatories.

Details

Descriptive Terms

offices (work spaces)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
cross sections
renderings (drawings)

Physical Description

13 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

AR029.04.04.1437

Image Dimensions

18 x 26 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Melrose (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)
site plans
cross sections
renderings (drawings)

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 29 / folder 635

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