Style trends, National Plan Service, Inc., 1944

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1944

Location Note

Box 6

GUSN

GUSN-358707

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Description

Plan book describing style trends. Each listing contains the name of the house style, a color illustration of the completed house, the design number, a brief description of what makes the style unique, floor plans, and the cubic footage. Some styles come with multiple house designs (e.g., the Cape Cod-style houses).

Front cover advertises The S. B. Dibble Lumber Co., based in North Adams, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

floor plans
houses
advertising
business (commercial function)
lumber
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
prefabrication
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : color 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

EP005.394

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

North Adams (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.
S. B. Dibble Lumber Co.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Wood
Prefabricated houses
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 6

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