Royal Barry Wills Design, Color
1956
The Cape Cod design created by Royal Barry Wills of Boston would have been a more familiar form of architecture than the other designs featured in the Homestyle Collection. Its inclusion no doubt intended to provide a setting for the city's designers of traditional furniture. This design is the only one with a two-car garage. This home would have been built on Lot 32.
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| Title | Royal Barry Wills Design, Color |
|---|---|
| Date | 1956 |
| Format | Architectural rendering |
| Notes | Title by Cataloger. Royal Barry Wills was one of many architects who designed for the Homestyle Center, a concept of Jason L. Honigman, planned for Grand Rapids in the 1950s. Popular with the middle-class following World War II, Life magazine in 1946 anointed Wills as creating "the kind of house most Americans want." |
| Location In Photo | Grand Rapids, MI |
| Collection | Collection #354, History & Special Collections Dept., Grand Rapids Public Library |
| Rights | Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from Grand Rapids History & Special Collections, Archives, Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, MI |
| Institution | Grand Rapids Public Library |
| Physical Storage Location | Grand Rapids, MI |