Home builder's plan book: a collection of architectural designs for small houses submitted in competition by architects and architectural draftsmen in connection with the 1921 Own Your Home Expositions New York and Chicago, 1st ed., Building Plan Holding Corporation, New York, N.Y., 1921

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1921

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 2

GUSN

GUSN-355471

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  • Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection
  • Home builder's plan book: a collection of architectural designs for small houses submitted in competition by architects and architectural draftsmen in connection with the 1921 Own Your Home Expositions New York and Chicago, 1st ed., Building Plan Holding Corporation, New York, N.Y., 1921
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Description

Plan book contains house designs submitted for a competition in connection with the 1921 Own Your Home Expositions. Includes floor plans, illustrations, elevations, and descriptions of designs. Text on the cover reads, "Fifty small house plans, working drawings available, prize and honor designs of the National Small House Competition 1921."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
residential structures
floor plans
competitions
exhibitions (events)
elevations (orthographic projections)
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 84 pages : illustrations, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.089

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

New York City (New York state)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

Building Plan Holding Corporation (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Own-a-Home Exposition, Inc.
Building Plan Holding Corporation
Rogers & Manson (Firm)
Moore, McCord, Gilchriese and Associates, Inc.
James Kent Eaton, Inc.
National Small House Competition

Subjects

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House
Architects and builders
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 2

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