Alfred H. Bartell house, Newton Centre, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-328580

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Description

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Alfred H. Bartell in Newton Centre, Massachusetts (commission #744) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, three framing plans, and eight details. Most drawings are dated; some are signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts.

Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a hip roof and a whitewashed brick exterior. House has a living room with fireplace, study, dining room, kitchen, covered porch, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage. A recreation room with fireplace is on the basement level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

19 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and blueprint

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.744

Image Dimensions

12 1/2 x 18 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Newton (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)
framing plans
site plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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