New modern ranch homes, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1956

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1956

Location Note

Box 7

GUSN

GUSN-359299

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Description

Plan book for new modern ranch homes published by the National Plan Service. Each listing comes with a color illustration of the completed design, floor plans, dimensions, design numbers, and a description of unique features.

The front cover advertises the Franklin County Lumber Company, based in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ranch houses
floor plans
advertising
business (commercial function)
modern American styles and periods
prefabrication
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
houses
lumber
printed ephemera
pattern books

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : color illustrations, plans ; 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.451

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Greenfield (Franklin county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
pattern books

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
Modern
House
Prefabricated houses
Wood
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 7

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