Town and country ranch homes, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1962

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1962

Location Note

Box 7

GUSN

GUSN-359225

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Description

Plan book for ranch homes published by the National Plan Service. Each listing comes with either a black-and-white or color illustration of the house, usually from the front, a floor plan, basic dimensions, and a short phrase or testimonial describing the design. The back fo the plan book contains an index of the blueprints and business reply cards.

The front cover advertises Stone and Berg Lumber Co., based in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ranch houses
floor plans
advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
prefabrication
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
indexes (reference sources)
reply cards
testimonials
lumber
pattern books
trade catalogs

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : illustrations (some color), 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

EP005.434

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

pattern books
trade catalogs

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Wood
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 7

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