Name/Title
Authentic Small Houses of the TwentiesEntry/Object ID
2019.35.64Description
The dream of owning a private home became a reality for many Americans in the prosperous years immediately following World War I. But not all prospective homeowners could easily afford the services of an architect, so the nonprofit Architects' Small House Service Bureau was organized in the 1920s to provide plans and other technical documents. This book of the Service's housing plans is a complete republication of a rare edition, containing floor plans, construction materials, and drawings or photographs for a wide variety of small homes.
Models range from charming five-room English cottages of brick and stucco to attractive two-story shingled Colonials with six rooms, fireplace, French doors, and a generous attic. Clearly written descriptions of interiors and exteriors complement detailed plans for each of 254 homes. Remarkable for their spacious and well-lit rooms, ample closets, large basements, and eat-in kitchens, many of these models also offer sun rooms, fireplaces, open porches, and second-story "sleeping porches." Richly illustrated with over 800 black-and-white line drawings and photographs, this attractive, modestly priced edition will appeal not only to builders and restorers of older houses, but also to professional architects, students, and anyone interested in distinctively American homes of the early twentieth century.
278 pp, photographs, plans,Collection
BooksCataloged By
Slusar, VernLexicon
Search Terms
houses, architecture, 1.Small houses--United States--Designs and plans, 2.Architecture, domestic--United States--Design and plansBook Details
Author
Jones, Robert T.Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc.Date Published
1987Publication Language
EnglishCall No.
728.370 JONISBN
0486254062Notes
Copy No.: 1Condition
Overall Condition
ExcellentGeneral Notes
Note
Status: ok
Status By: Vern Slusar
Status Date: 2020-02-03Create Date
February 3, 2020Update Date
March 20, 2022