Home style trends, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Ill., undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

undated

Location Note

Box 7

GUSN

GUSN-359319

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Description

Plan book for house designs published by the National Plan Service. Each listing comes with the name of the design, a color photographic print of the completed house, floor plans, dimensions, a small cross section, and a brief description of the design's key features. Most houses come with alternate floor plan designs.

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

Details

Descriptive Terms

floor plans
houses
advertising
business (commercial function)
prefabrication
photographic prints
measurements (dimensions)
cross sections
lumber
printed ephemera
pattern books

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : photographic prints, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.454

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
Architectural photography
Wood
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 7

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