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Robert Muller house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1931

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 89

GUSN

GUSN-326949

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Description

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Robert Muller in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #305) including five elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and two details. One elevation is dated and signed "RBW.".

Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with a slate hip roof and a clapboard and brick exterior. House has a vestibule, living room with fireplace, library, dining room, kitchen, pantry, covered porch, maid's room and bathroom, maid's sitting room, four bedrooms, dressing room, play room, and two bathrooms. A recreation room and two-car garage are on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
Georgian Revival
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)
framing plans

Physical Description

12 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

AR029.04.04.305

Image Dimensions

13 3/4 x 26 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk 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)
framing plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Drawer 4 / folder 89

Related Items

Robert A. Muller house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

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