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John T. Kenney house, Colebrook, Conn.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1957

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 801

GUSN

GUSN-330794

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Description

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kenney in Colebrook, Connecticut (commission #1650) including three elevations, four plans, one cross section, one rendering, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, or Warren J. Rhoter; most drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, office, dining room, kitchen, eating area, lavatory, covered porch, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Description

22 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

AR029.04.04.1650

Image Dimensions

18 x 42 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Colebrook (Litchfield county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
Royal Barry Wills Associates (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
cross sections
detail drawings (drawings)
renderings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 40 / folder 801

Related Items

John T. Kenney house, Colebrook, Conn.

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