1910
EP005, HGO-005, Box 1
GUSN-355195
Plan book includes illustrations and floor plans for each house design. Text on the title page reads, "The practicability and stability of the brick house, its value as an investment, as a thing of beauty which will be a joy forever, thoughts concerning these matters are here submitted for consideration." The designs were selected from a competition. A label affixed to the title page reads, "From Fiske & Company, Inc., face bricks, fire bricks, 27 Arch Street, Boston and 1601 Flatiron Building, New York." Published by Rogers and Manson for the Building Brick Association of America.
advertising
business (commercial function)
brick (clay product)
houses
floor plans
building materials
illustrations (layout features)
competitions
pattern books
printed ephemera
1 plan books, 95 pages : illustrations, plans
EP005
Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection
2019
EP005.044
Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)
Rogers & Manson (Firm) (Publisher)
pattern books
printed ephemera
Fiske & Company, Inc.
Building Brick Association of America
Rogers & Manson (Firm)
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EP005, HGO-005, Box 1
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