Quality homes for better living, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1955

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1955

Location Note

Box 7

GUSN

GUSN-359227

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Description

Plan book for single-story homes published by the National Plan Service. Each listing comes with an illustration of the home, a floor plan, basic dimensions, a brief description detailing unique qualities, and the name of the house design. The back page of the plan book has an index of the blueprints.

The front cover advertises the Franklin County Lumber Company, in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

floor plans
houses
single-story
advertising
business (commercial function)
prefabrication
lumber
illustrations (layout features)
measurements (dimensions)
indexes (reference sources)
printed ephemera
pattern books

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

EP005.436

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Greenfield (Franklin 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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