Historic New England

Walter L. Barker house, Nashua, N.H.

Set of eight architectural drawings for alterations to existing house of Walter L. Barker in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #671) including four elevations, two plans, and two framing plans. All drawings are dated; some are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Alterations incl...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328255

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.671

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #668) including four elevations and two plans. All drawings are dated; some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a one-story Cape C...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328256

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.668

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy in Wellesley HIlls, Massachusetts (commission #669) including three elevations and three plans. All drawings are dated; some drawings are signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style h...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328257

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.669

County Building Supply (builder) house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for builder Country Building Supply in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #672) including two elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. Most drawings are dated; some are signed by Merton S. Barrows or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a o...

Date: 1938-1939

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

GUSN: 328269

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.672

County Building Supply (builder) house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings of house for builder Country Building Supply in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #672-A) including one elevation and one plan. One drawing is dated; neither drawing is signed. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house.

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328270

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.672-A

County Building Supply (builder) house, Winchester, Mass.

One architectural drawing of house for builder Country Building Supply in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #672-B). Drawing is dated but not signed. Elevation depicts a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a shingle roof and a clapboard or shingle exterior.

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328271

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.672-B

County Building Supply (builder) house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings of house for builder Country Building Supply in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #672-C) including two elevations and two plans. Two drawings are dated; no drawings are signed. House was built at two locations. Drawings depict a one-story saltbox Cape Cod-s...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328272

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.672-C

County Building Supply (builder) house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings of house for builder Country Building Supply in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #672-D) including one elevation and one plan. One drawing is dated; neither drawing is signed. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a shingle roof and a flush ...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328273

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.672-D

County Building Supply (builder) house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings of house for builder Country Building Supply in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #672-E) including one elevation and one plan. Both drawings are dated; neither drawing is signed. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a shingle roof. House ha...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328274

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.672-E

County Building Supply (builder) house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for builder Country Building Supply in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #672-F) including three elevations and two plans. Four drawings are dated; no drawings are signed. House was built at two locations. Drawings depict a one-story saltbox Cape Co...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328275

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.672-F

County Building Supply (builder) house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings of house for builder Country Building Supply in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #672-C) including two elevations and two plans. Three drawings are dated; no drawings are signed. House was built at two locations. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style h...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328276

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.672-I

Royal Barry Wills (developer) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house developed by Royal Barry Wills in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #675) including five elevations, five plans, two plot plans, one cross section, and three sketches. Most drawings are dated; several drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Nathani...

Date: 1938-1939

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

GUSN: 328280

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.675

Archibald Van Beuren house, Middletown, R.I.

Set of nine architectural drawings of beach house for Archibald Van Beuren in Middletown, Rhode Island (commission #680) including four elevations, two plans, and three details. All drawings are dated and signed by Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style building with a wood s...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328281

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.680

Jennie Wilkinson house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for Jennie Wilkinson in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #683) including three elevations, six plans, and one detail. All drawings are dated; some drawings are signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Maurice A. Dunlavy was the builder. Drawings depict...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 328282

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.683

Richard S. Robie house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings for alterations to existing house of Richard S. Robie in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #682) including three elevations, four plans, and three details. Most drawings are dated; several drawings are signed by Merton S. Barrows or Nathaniel Perry Tufts.

Date: 1938-1939

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

GUSN: 328283

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.682

M. Fessenden house, Watch Hill, R.I.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for M. Fessenden in Watch Hill, Rhode Island (commission #690) including four elevations, three plans, and two details. All drawings are dated and signed by Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with an angled wing, a shingle...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328288

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.690

C. F. Blake, Buzzards Bay, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for C. F. Blake in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (commission #691) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one heating plan, and six details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings d...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328289

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.691

Robert W. Ladd house, Dover, Mass.

Set of twenty-seven architectural drawings of house for Robert W. Ladd in Dover, Massachusetts (commission #699) including three elevations, six plans, three framing plans, one heating plan, and fourteen details. All drawings are dated; many drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Robert E. Minot,...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328290

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.699

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #702) including four elevations, three plans, and five details. Drawings are dated and signed by Robert E. Minot or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style h...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328291

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.702

Shedd Vandenberg house, unidentified location

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Shedd Vandenberg at an unidentified location (commission #704) including three plans and two renderings. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot; one plan is dated. Drawings depict a one-story extended Cape Cod-style house. ...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328296

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.704

Elwood A. Church house, Marblehead, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Elwood A. Church in Marblehead, Massachusetts (commission #706) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two framing plans, and three details. Drawings are dated; many are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawi...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328297

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.706

Virginia Goward house, Lowell, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for Virginia Goward in Lowell, Massachusetts (commission #707) including three elevations, three plans, and four details. Drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills, Robert E. Minot, or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a two-story Gambrel C...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328298

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.707

Cora Riley and the Misses Carvell house, Newton, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Cora Riley and the Misses Carvell in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #709) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, two plot plans, one heating plan, and two details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Merton S. Barrows, Amel...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328299

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.709

Cameron Guiler house, Westborough, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for Cameron Guiler in Westborough, Massachusetts (commission #710) including four elevations, three plans, and four details. All drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style ho...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328315

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.710

Clare H. Baker house, Milton, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Clare H. Baker in Milton, Massachusetts (commission #714) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and one detail. All drawings are dated and signed by Merton S. Barrows or Amelia Brooks Valtz. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Re...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328316

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.714

Paul Flynn (builder) house, Waltham, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for builder Paul Flynn in Waltham, Massachusetts (commission #715) including five elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. All drawings are dated and signed by Merton S. Barrows, Amelia Brooks Valtz, or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a two...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328317

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.715

Paul Flynn (builder) house, Waltham, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for builder Paul Flynn in Waltham, Massachusetts (commission #716) including five elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. All drawings are dated and signed by Merton S. Barrows, Amelia Brooks Valtz, or Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a two...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328318

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.716

Paul Flynn (builder) house, Waltham, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for builder Paul Flynn in Waltham, Massachusetts (commission #715) including five elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. All drawings are dated; most are signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-styl...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328319

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.717

Edmund A. Moran house, Scituate, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Edmund A. Moran in Scituate, Massachusetts (commission #718) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two framing plans, two heating plans, and four details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depi...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328322

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.718

Johns-Manville - Guildway Small Home Club house, unidentified location

Set of five architectural drawings of house for the Johns-Manville - Guildway Small Home Club (commission #719) including four elevations and one plan. Drawings are dated but not signed. Drawings depict a one-story saltbox Cape Cod-style house with a clapboard and shingle exterior. House has a li...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328325

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.719

Paul Flynn (builder) house, Waltham, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for builder Paul Flynn in Waltham, Massachusetts (commission #720) including five elevations and three plans. All drawings are dated and signed by Amelia Brooks Valtz or Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a clapboard...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 328326

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.720

Menu, China Sails, 516 Loring Avenue, Salem; Point of Pines, Revere, Mass.; Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Appetizers, chicken, meat and sefood dishes are listed along with dinners for two or more people. Text at the bottom of the menu reads "Massachusetts Old Age Tax 5%."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 328327

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.018

Menu, Valle's Steak House, Greater Boston, Mass., Portland, Scarborough, Kittery, Maine

Separate New Year's menus are stapled into the regular menu. Text on the back cover lists the Portland restaurants and the Chestnut Hill restaurant.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 328330

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.021

Menu, Valle's Steak house, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island

Text on the cover reads "Serving the finest, U.S. Choice and Prime Beef." Several dinner special menus are stapled and clipped inside the menu. The banquet facilities at the various properties are listed inside the menu. The menu verso lists the king size cocktails.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 328331

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.022

Dinner menu, Anthony's Pier 4 Upper Deck, Pier 4, Northern Avenue, Boston, Mass.

A list of specials is clipped inside the menu. The back cover lists all the Anthony's restaurants which are Anthony's Hawthorne, Lynn, Hawthorne by the Sea, Swampscott and General Glover House, Marblehead. Text at the bottom of the menu reads "Massachusetts Old Age Tax 5%."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 328332

Ref. Code: EP001.15.015

Cliff Abbott Estate, 1952

Architectural drawings for a group of houses in Wellesley Hills, a neighborhood in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Date: 1952

Collection: Nevin and Sanderson Architectural Drawings Collection

GUSN: 328333

Ref. Code: AR032.02.04

Grogani - Haggett, 1956

Architectural drawings for homes in Wellesley and Natick, Massachusetts

Date: 1956

Collection: Nevin and Sanderson Architectural Drawings Collection

GUSN: 328334

Ref. Code: AR032.02.07

Parisienne, furniture, National Upholstering Company, 4000 Adeline Street, Emeryville, California

The collection is based on French smoking chairs and couches from the 1930s.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323795

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.114

Catalog no. 5, Julius Blum & Co., Inc., 532-540 West 22nd Street, New York, New York

The catalog describes railings, treillage, mouldings, saddles, tubing and shapes and ornaments. Text on the front cover reads, "A.I.A. File No. 15."

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323796

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.014

Deck House, series 3, Deck House, Inc., 930 Main Street, Acton, Mass.

Series 3 has floor plans and photographs for Deck Houses of less than 1800 square feet.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323798

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.141

Grossman's quality crafted homes, Grossman's Model Village, s.e. Expressway & Union Street, South Braintree, Mass.

The catalog describes model home plans and options for building them.

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323799

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.142

Boston Post book of all electric homes, spring 1937, Boston Post, Boston, Mass.

The catalog has descriptions, floor plans and articles for prospective home builders to create modern houses that support electric appliances.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323801

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.143

Custom built for where you want to live, Pilgrim Homes of New England, Inc., P.O. Box 3, Danvers, Mass.

The folder has six sheets describing individual house plans. There is one additional sheet with text "All new for '64."

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323834

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.144

Swift Homes certified quality for a lifetime of good living, Swift Homes Inc., Chicago Avenue, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania

1 trade catalog, 24 pages : color illustrations ; 11 x 13 3/4 inches

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323836

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.145

Gilbilt homes, designs for better living, U.S. route 3, Nashua, New Hampshire

Gilbilt houses for different budget needs are described with drawings, dimensions and floor plans.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323838

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.146

Distinguished living by Assembled Homes, Inc., 40 Holton Street, Winchester, Mass.

Prefabricated houses, duplexes, apartments and motels are described in the catalog.

Date: 1963

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323843

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.147

Concrete houses & cottages, volume I large houses, published by the Atlas Portland Cement Co., 30 Broad Street, New York, New York

Concrete houses, from around the country, are shown with floor plans and photographs. Text on the back cover reads "The cement bought by the United States Government for the Panama Canal."

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323846

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.148