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Avery D. Weisman house, Belmont, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1958

GUSN

GUSN-331368

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Description

Set of Twenty-nine architectural drawings for Dr. and Mrs. Avery D. Weisman. in Belmont, Massachusetts (commission #1712) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one initial elevation, and twenty-one details. Some drawings are signed by Ken Duprey, John Howard, David Guild Dethlefs, and Robert Minot; most drawings are dated.

Drawings depict a two-story Garrison with shingle roof, stone, batten, and clapboard exterior.

First floor has a living room with fireplace, work room, dining room, kitchen and eating area, lavatory, utility room, 2 car garage, medical office with fireplace, reception and waiting area, bedroom

Second floor has play room 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms and a dressing room.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
alterations (object components)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans

Physical Description

29 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

AR029.04.04.1712

Image Dimensions

18 x 33 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Belmont (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

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)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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