Ross Realty Corporation (builder) house, Lexington, Mass.

Item Information

Title:
Ross Realty Corporation (builder) house, Lexington, Mass.
Description:
Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for builder Ross Realty Corporation in Lexington, Massachusetts (commission #897) including five elevations, six plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are signed; some are dated. Plans were also used by builder John Raymond Lester in Springfield, Massachusetts for an unidentified commission. Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel Cape Cod-style house with a wood shingle roof and a clapboard and flush board exterior. House has living room with fireplace, study, dining area, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, two bedrooms, one bathroom, and an attached one-car garage. Some drawings depict an alternate design.
Architect:
Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962
Date:
1941
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
framing plans
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
AR029: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)
Subjects:
houses
dwellings
Cape Cod houses
gambrel roofs
House
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Lexington
Ross Realty Corporation (builder) house (Lexington, Mass.; commission #897)
Extent:
13 architectural drawings : pencil on trace
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/330408
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Identifier:
330408
Call #:
AR029.04.04.897