Historic New England

Samuel H. Glaser house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Samuel H. Glaser in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #557) including three elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, one heating plan, and eight details. Plot plan and two details are dated. Plot plan is by Associated Civil Eng...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327885

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.557

Andrew D. Bonnano house, Newton, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings for alterations to house for Andrew D. Bonnano in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #563) including one elevation, three plans, one garden plan, and eleven details. Several drawings are dated and signed "R B Wills."

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327886

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.563

Gordon Wheeler house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Gordon Wheeler in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #565) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and two details. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a two-storyTudor Revival-style house with one front dormer a...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327889

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.565

Albert W. Lang house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Albert W. Lang in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #567) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and seven details. Two drawings are dated and signed "R B W." Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Colonial Revival-style house w...

Date: 1937

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

GUSN: 327891

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.567

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

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #569) including three elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a wood shingle roof and...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327894

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.569

Horace S. Stewart house, Orono, Maine

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Horace S. Stewart in Orono, Maine (commission #571) including three elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and four details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers, an angled w...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327895

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.571

Nevin and Sanderson Architectural Drawings Collection

This collection contains architectural drawings by Charles K. B. Nevin and Edward T. Sanderson, who both practiced in the early twentieth century in New England. The relationship between Nevin and Sanderson is unclear, as they were contemporaries but never worked in the same architectural firm. The ...

Date: 1903-2017, predominant 1903-1956

Collection: Nevin and Sanderson Architectural Drawings Collection

GUSN: 327896

Ref. Code: AR032

A. Stewart Rogers house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for A. Stewart Rogers in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #572) including six elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated; one partial signature of "R B Wills" is present. Chester S. Patten is builder. Drawings depict a two-story Cap...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327899

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.572

Deering Lumber Company, Melrose, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings for alterations to exisitng commerical building for Deering Lumber Company in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #573) including three elevations, two plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Alterations include addition with conference roo...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327900

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.573

Cutter P. Davis house, Springville, N.Y.

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for Cutter P. Davis in Springville, N.Y. (commission #575) including three elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and three details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dormers and a on...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327903

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.575

Cutter P. Davis house, Springville, N.Y.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to house for Cutter P. Davis in Springville, N.Y. (commission #1106) including a plan/elevation and a rough sketch. Drawings are dated and signed by Walter H. Pratt. Alterations include addition of a study to house in commission #575.

Date: 1946

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

GUSN: 327904

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1106

Cutter P. Davis house, Springville, N.Y.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to house for Cutter P. Davis in Springville, N.Y. (commission #575-A) including a plan and an elevation. Drawings are dated and signed by Richard Wills. Alterations include addition of a covered porch to house in commission #575.

Date: 1950

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

GUSN: 327905

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.575-A

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy at an unidentified location (commission #577) including three elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a clapboard exte...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327906

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.577

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, Newton, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #578) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a clapboard and brick...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327910

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.578

Tupper house, unidentified location

Set of six architectural drawings of house for a client named Tupper at an unidentified location (commission #579) including three elevations and three plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Maurice A. Dunlavy is the builder. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with one fron...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327911

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.579

John A. Celler house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for John A. Celler in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #580) including nine elevations, nine plans, one plot plan, one original presentation rendering, and one detail. No drawings are signed; rendering is signed "Royal Barry Wills." Three ...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327914

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.580

Dwight H. Thomas house, North Attleboro, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Dwight H. Thomas in North Attleboro, Massachusetts (commission #581) including four elevations, four plans, one plot plan, one heating plan, two framing plans, three topographical surveys, and eight details. Topographical survey is by The Frank...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327915

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.581

The Hob Knob ski lodge, Stowe, Vt.

Set of nine architectural drawings for The Hob Knob ski lodge in Stowe, Vermont commissioned by W. Kenneth Hoyt (commission #582) including three elevations, four plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a one-story Modern ski lodge with a lobby, skir room, l...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327918

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.582

Carney house, Melrose, Mass.

One elevation for alterations to house for a client named Carney in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #585). Drawing is not dated or signed. Alterations include changes to terrace, entry way and stair railings.

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327919

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.585

Mrs. Holmes house, Kingston, Mass.

One elevation for alterations to house for a client named Mrs. Holmes in Kingston, Massachusetts (commission #586). Drawing is not dated or signed. Alterations include a one-story addition with bedroom and lavatory.

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327921

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.586

Wiberg house, unidentified location

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for a client named Wiberg at an unidentified location (commission #590) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a saltbox roofline and a clapboar...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327922

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.590

Henry F. Simmons house, Weston, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Henry F. Simmons in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #591) including four elevations, five plans, one plot plan, one rendering, and one sketch. Rendering is signed "Royal Barry Wills." Plot plan is by Associated Civil Engineers (Melrose, Massachuset...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327925

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.591

Randolph K. Byers house, Little Compton, R.I.

Set of twenty architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Randolph K. Byers in Little Compton, Rhode Island (commission #593) including seven elevations, four plans, and nine details. No drawings are dated; two drawings are signed "R B Wills" and twelve are signed by Robert E. Minot. Drawing...

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327926

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.593

Mrs. F. C. Donnelley house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings for addition to house for Mrs. F. C. Donnelley in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #595) including nine elevations, twelve plans, and one rendering. Most drawings are dated; eleven are signed by Amelia Brooks and three are signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts.

Date: 1937-1939

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

GUSN: 327929

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.595

Henry G. Berquist house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings for alterations to house for Henry G. Berquist in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #596) including three elevations, two plans, one rendering, and two details. No drawings are signed or dated.

Date: 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327931

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.596

Roger Jennings house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Roger Jennings in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #597) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two heating plans, two framing plans, one topographical map, and eleven details. Most drawings are dated and signed by Nathanie...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 327933

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.597

John R. Westervelt house, Duxbury, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings for alterations to house for John R. Westervelt in Duxbury, Massachusetts (commission #598) including three elevations, six plans, and five details. One drawing is dated and signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts. Alterations include addition with new kitchen, pant...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 327934

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.598

Mrs. John L. Anderson house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings of house for Mrs. John L. Anderson in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #601) including four elevations and two plans. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a one-story rectangular Modern house with a pitched roof. House has living room, kitchen, co...

Date: ca. 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327937

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.601

W. Bradford Saunders house, Duxbury, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for W. Bradford Saunders in Duxbury, Massachusetts (commission #603) including five plans and two renderings. One original rendering is signed by Hugh Stubbins; one is unsigned but is by Royal Barry Wills. No other drawings are signed or dated. Drawing...

Date: ca. 1937, undated

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

GUSN: 327938

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.603

Cedric J. Walker Jr. house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of twenty architectural drawings of house for Cedric J. Walker Jr. in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #605) including five elevations, four plans, one plot plan, two framing plans, and eight details. Most drawings are dated; many are signed by Nathaniel Perry Tufts or Royal Barry Wills. ...

Date: 1937-1938

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

GUSN: 327940

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.605

Cedric J. Walker Jr. house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to house for Cedric J. Walker Jr. in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #605-A) including two plans. Drawings are dated and signed by Richard Wills. Alterations include addition of television room, bedroom, and bathroom on basement level.

Date: 1954

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

GUSN: 327941

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.605-A

Letterheads by Monroe! Monroe Letterhead Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama

Sample letterheads for businesses across the country are included with an invitation to submit a request for a letterhead design. There is a letterhead for the F.S. Root Company, Inc., direct mail advertising, 6 Beacon Steet, Boston.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327943

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.047

Alphonso W. Adkins house, Lincoln, Mass.

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings of house for Alphonso W. Adkins in Lincoln, Massachusetts (commission #611) including five elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, two framing plans, two heating plans, and seven details. Fourteen drawings are signed by Robert Minot; two ...

Date: 1937-1938

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

GUSN: 327949

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.611

Oxford at home, Oxford-Print, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass.

Text on the folder reads "We are now located at eight hundred eighty-one Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, in the building formerly occupied by the Youth's Companion." There is a small booklet inside the folder titled "Oxford-Print, designers, engravers, printers, advertisers, 148 High Street, Boston." ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327951

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.048

Elmer Stennes house, Weymouth, Mass.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stennes in Weymouth, Massachusetts (commission #615) including six elevations, five plans, one blueprint of presentation rendering, two framing plans, and three details. Many drawings are signed by Robert Minot and Nathaniel Per...

Date: 1938

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

GUSN: 327950

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.615

Lewis G. King house, Chilmark, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. King in Chilmark, Massachusetts (commission #1621) including three elevations, two plans, one cross section, one rendering, and two details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Altera...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330672

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1621

Walter A. Stewart house, Bristol, R.I.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Stewart in Bristol, Rhode Island (commission #1622) including five elevations, two plans, one topographic map, one rendering, and three details. Drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills but are not dated. Topog...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330673

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1622

Mrs. R. L. Whitman house, Beverly Farms, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Mrs. R. L. Whitman in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts (commission #1623) including two plans, two plot plans, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Merton S. Barrows; two drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one-story Cap...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330675

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1623

First Church of Christ Scientist, Winchester, Mass.

Set of sixty-three architectural drawings of First Church of Christ Scientist in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627) including six elevations, six plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, three electrical plans, three heating plans, five framing plans, three air conditioning plans, three ...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 330677

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627

Making of a new garden, Crittenden House, Matfield, Kent, B.P. Tomsett, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, London, United Kingdom

The author describes the reclaiming and creation of a garden on neglected land. The item is reprinted from The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, vol. 85, part 2, February 1960.

Date: 1960

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330684

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.089

Better gardening, what, when and how to plant, a complete handbook of suggestions and instructions for the home gardener, 4th ed., by Harry R. O'Brien, The Union Fork and Hoe Company, Columbus, Ohio

The handbook describes tools, soil, cultivation, shrubs, flowers, watering and pest control for home gardeners.

Date: 1931-04-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330685

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.090

Ornamental cast iron garden furniture, manufactured by Smyser-Royer Company, York, Pennsylvania

Chairs, settees and hitching posts are described in the brochure. The business also manufactures exterior lighting fixtures. The Philadelphia office is at 803 Architects Building.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330687

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.025

Lawn and garden furniture, no. 77, Popular Mechanics Press, Chicago, Illinois

Text on the front cover reads, "Modern bent-tube furniture, arbor and seat combinations, two-seat swing, lawn chair with colonial touch, barrow chair, weatherproof dining sets."

Date: 1942

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330689

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.026

Garden furniture of distinction, W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 32 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

Chairs, benches, tables, weather vanes and doorstops are described. Snow furniture can be seen on the terraces and courtyard garden at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on pages 30-31.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330690

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.027

Garden furniture, edited by Perry S. Graffam, General Publishing Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois

The do-it-yourself articles were compiled from "Popular homecraft magazine." Lawn and garden furniture of different styles, garden pools, hose reels, sun dials and a wishing well are described.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330691

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.028

Lincraft book of fences & furniture, New Jersey Fence Company, Burlington, New Jersey

Fences, garden and porch furniture, birdhouses and cabins are described for customers. There is a loose, blank order form. The front cover has the numbers "3" and "5" pasted on it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330695

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.029

Rustic cedar furniture, Potash-Marl, Inc., estate & garden service, 509 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

Garden structures, furniture and birdhouses are described for potential customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330697

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.030

How to build outdoor fireplaces and lawn furniture, Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York

Plans for building outdoor fireplaces and furniture are described. Barbecue grills, utensils and recipes are provided as well. The title is a reissue of a Fawcett Publications title which reprinted articles from "Mechanix illustrated."

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330699

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.031

Summer suggestion, Old Hickory hand made, the ideal out-door furniture, manufactured by The Old Hickory Chair Co., Martinsville, Indiana

Old Hickory furniture can be used inside as well as for porch, lawn and garden settings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330701

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.032

Heart cypress tubs, rustic work, English garden furniture, Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, New Jersey

The nursery manufactures and sells a variety of plant tubs, furniture and outdoor structures. Text on the front cover reads, "Tubs on the porch are the garden's recompense."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330703

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.033

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