House beautiful homes: a collection of designs for small houses made by competent architects especially for the House Beautiful Magazine, House Beautiful Publishing Co., Inc., 8 Arlington Street, Boston, Mass., 1922

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1922

Location Note

Box 6

GUSN

GUSN-358780

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  • Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection
  • House beautiful homes: a collection of designs for small houses made by competent architects especially for the House Beautiful Magazine, House Beautiful Publishing Co., Inc., 8 Arlington Street, Boston, Mass., 1922
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Description

Plan book of designs published by the House Beautiful Publishing Company. Each listing comes with an illustration of the completed house, floor plans, the price of the plans, and a description of the history of the house design and the architects who designed it. Some designs may also have cross sections and elevations. Inserted in the catalog is also a letter from the company, thanking the consumer for subscribing to the catalog. The back cover of the catalog also contains a plot plan for one of the house designs featured in the catalog.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
floor plans
elevations (orthographic projections)
advertising
business (commercial function)
illustrations (layout features)
estimates
cross sections
site plans
architects
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : illustrations, plans ; 11 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.415

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

House Beautiful Publishing Company (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

House Beautiful Publishing Company
House beautiful

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Architects and builders
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 6

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