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1957
Drawer 40 / folder 796
GUSN-330773
Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Sherman in Middletown, Rhode Island (commission #1639) including four elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one cross section, and twelve details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, Ken Duprey, or Richard Wills.
Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with three front dormers, a cedar shingle roof, and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study with fireplace, dining room, kitchen/family room with fireplace, lavatory, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage.
houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
gambrel roofs
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
cross sections
22 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and photostatic copy
AR029
Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
2013-11-01
AR029.04.04.1639
16 3/4 x 29 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Middletown (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)
Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)
Royal Barry Wills Associates (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
site plans
cross sections
House
File part
Drawer 40 / folder 796
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