Houses from books : treatises, pattern books, and catalogs in American architecture, 1738-1950 : a history and guide /
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| Author / Creator: | Reiff, Daniel D. (Daniel Drake) |
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| Imprint: | University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2000. |
| Description: | xi, 412 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4442824 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Architectural Books in England, c. 1550-1750
- Classicism in Sixteenth-Century England
- Classicism in Seventeenth-Century England
- Eighteenth-Century Architectural Books
- 2. Architectural Books in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century America
- The Use of Architectural Books Before Mid-Century
- Designs from Books in the 1750s, 1760s, and 1770s
- Architectural Books After the Revolution
- Books as Models in the Early Nineteenth Century
- 3. Builders' Manuals and Pattern Books, 1820s-1850s
- Greek Revival Builders' Manuals
- Pattern Books in the 1840s and 1850s
- Books, Training, and Design Through the 1850s
- 4. Books and Building, 1863-1897
- The Downing-Type Pattern Book
- Design Books for Craftsmen
- Palliser, Palliser and Co.
- R. W. Shoppell's Co-operative Building Plan Association
- George F. Barber
- Prefabricated Architectural Components
- Scientific American House Designs
- Carpentry and Building and Design Sources
- 5. The Impact of Architectural Journals
- Professional Architecture Journals in the United States
- The American Architect and Building News Between 1876 and 1901
- 6. Catalog and Mail-Order House Companies and Designs, 1900-1920
- The Radford Architectural Company
- Gustav Stickley and The Craftsman
- The Chicago House Wrecking Company
- Sears, Roebuck and Company
- The Aladdin Company
- Radford and His Rivals in the Late 1910s
- 7. Catalog and Mail-Order House Companies and Designs, 1920-1940
- The Architects' Small House Service Bureau
- Standard Homes Company
- Designs for Brick Houses
- Bennett Homes
- Home Builders Catalog Company
- Sears Houses in the 1920s and 1930s
- Plan Service Company
- Carpenters and Designs: The Kofoeds of Silver Creek
- Working Methods of Additional Carpenters
- An Aladdin House of the 1940s
- 8. Pattern-Book and Catalog Houses in Context
- Architecture and Catalog Designs in the Local Press
- Carpenters, Craftsmen, and Architects in Fredonia to c. 1940
- Carpenters and Contractors in Fredonia: Working Methods
- Impact of Published Designs in Fredonia, c. 1820 to c. 1890
- Impact of Published Designs in Fredonia, c. 1890 to c. 1940
- Conclusion
- Appendixes
- Appendix 1. Sampling of House-Plan Books, 1883-1951, by Company
- Appendix 2. Sampling of House-Plan Books, 1884-1948: Individuals, Unique Issues
- Appendix 3. Sampling of Books on Small Houses, 1896-1946, Not Specifically Mail-Order Plan Books
- Appendix 4. Sampling of "Small House" Books, England, 1891-1939
- Appendix 5. Sampling of Catalogs and Manuals on Interior and Exterior Details, 1877-1947, by Company or Publisher
- Appendix 6. Sampling of Technical Books for Contractors and Craftsmen, 1881-1946
- Appendix 7. Sampling of Books on Colonial Houses, 1874-1945
- Appendix 8. A Note on Methodology
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- General Index
- Geographical Index
