Homes of moderate cost, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1941

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1941

Location Note

Box 7

GUSN

GUSN-359324

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Description

Plan book for house designs published by the National Plan Service. Each listing comes with the name of the design, a room count, total dimensions, an illustration of the completed house, a description of unique features of the design, and floor plans (including for alternate designs of the house). The back of the plan book provides an index for each of the blueprints.

The front cover advertises the Baker Lumber Company, based in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

floor plans
houses
advertising
business (commercial function)
prefabrication
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
indexes (reference sources)
printed ephemera
trade catalogs

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : illustrations, plans ; 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.458

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
trade catalogs

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 7

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