Eastern home style trends, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1949

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1949

Location Note

Box 7

GUSN

GUSN-359234

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Description

Plan book for eastern-style home designs published by the National Plan Service. Listings come with color illustrations, floor plans, design names, dimensions, and descriptions of key features. Some listings also come with an additional page going more in-depth into the design's unique qualities.

The front cover advertises for the New Bedford Lumber Corporation, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : color illustrations, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.442

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
New Bedford (Bristol county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
pattern books

Other Organizations

National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Wood
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 7

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