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

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1949

Location Note

Box 5

GUSN

GUSN-358687

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Description

Plan book for 'eastern style' home designs published by the National Plan Service and distributed by The Niantic Lumber Company. Each listing comes with an illustration of the completed house, a floor plan and cross section, cubic and square footage, and some provide illustrations of the interior of the house. Articles are also interspersed detailing different amenities and furnishings each house may come with.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
houses
floor plans
cross sections
business (commercial function)
prefabrication
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
interior views
articles
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : 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

EP005.383

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Niantic (New London county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Originator

National Plan Service, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Niantic Lumber Company
National Plan Service, Inc.

Subjects

Advertisement
House
Prefabricated houses
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 5

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