The Natco double house, semi-detached: attractive, economical, durable, fireproof, Rogers and Manson Company, Boston, Mass., 1914

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1914

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 1

GUSN

GUSN-355203

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Description

The designs are from a "Brickbuilder" competition and include floor plans, illustrations, and dimensions. The last page has standards and details in the manufacture of Natco Hollow Tiles. Published for the National Fire Proofing Company by Rogers and Manson.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
building materials
fireproofing tile
double houses
floor plans
structural clay tile
fireproofing
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 80 pages : illustrations, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.050

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Pittsburgh (Allegheny county, Pennsylvania)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Rogers & Manson (Firm) (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

National Fire Proofing Company
Rogers & Manson (Firm)

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Tile
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 1

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