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For almost 20 years, Sears, Roebuck and Company purveyed the materials for complete prefabricated houses, providing thousands of Americans with attractive and comfortable low-cost dwellings. Many of these homes are still a common feature in cities and towns across America.
The present volume, a meticulous reproduction of a rare Sears, Roebuck catalog of 1926, provides a thorough, accurate record of the company's "Honor Bilt Modern Homes." Over 300 photographs and illustrations, with full descriptions, offer views of 86 different houses and cottages of widely varying sizes and designs. Readers may recognize familiar architectural styles in designs such as the cozy six-room "Homewood" bungalow or the elegant "Lexington," a nine-room, green-shuttered colonial. Also shown are several room interiors for each of 14 homes, along with photographs and plans for nine garages and a hunter's cabin. In addition to visual documentation, the catalog provides extensive, detailed construction information, ranging from the grade of exterior siding to the type of wood used for flooring, windows, and trim.
An invaluable primary source illustrated for anyone engaged in the study, authentication, or restoration of antique homes or furnishings, this period catalog will also be of special value to architectural and social historians, Americana enthusiasts, and general readers.
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Small Houses of the Twenties - Sears, Roebuck and Co.
DOVER BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
ALADDIN BUILT IN A DAY
HOUSE CATALOG, 1917, The Aladdin Co. (0-486-28591-X)
CONCRETE COUNTRY RESIDENCES: Photographs and Floor Plans of Turn-of-the-Century Homes, Atlas Portland Cement Company. (0-486-42733-1)
BADGER’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON ARCHITECTURE, Daniel D. Badger. (0-486-24223-4)
BENNETT’S SMALL HOUSE CATALOG, 1920, Ray H. Bennett Lumber Co., Inc. (0-486-27809-3)
BICKNELL’S VICTORIAN BUILDINGS, A. J. Bicknell. (0-486-23904-7)
THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA: History and Speculation, James Bonwick. (0-486-42521-5)
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE, Somers Clarke and R. Engelbach. (0-486-26485-8)
TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY HOUSE DESIGNS, William T. Comstock. (0-486-28186-8)
THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, Clarence Cook. (0-486-28586-3)
GREAT BUILDINGS OF BOSTON, George M. Cushing, Jr. (0-486-24219-6)
THE ARCHITECTURAL PLATES FROM THE ENCYCLOPEDIE,
Denis Diderot. (0-486-27954-5)
THE ARCHITECTURE OF COUNTRY HOUSES, Andrew J. Downing. (0-486-22003-6)
VICTORIAN COTTAGE RESIDENCES, Andrew J. Downing. (0-486-24078-9)
PRINCIPLES OF VICTORIAN DECORATIVE DESIGN, Christopher Dresser. (0-486-28900-1)
PALLADIO’S ARCHITECTURE AND ITS INFLUENCE: A Photographic Guide, Joseph C. Farber and Henry Hope Reed. (0-486-23922-5)
VICTORIAN HOUSES: A Treasury of Lesser-Known Examples, Edmund Gillon and Clay Lancaster. (0-486-22966-1)
PHILADELPHIA THEATERS: A Pictorial Architectural History, Irvin R. Glazer. (0-486-2-7833-6)
117 HOUSE DESIGNS OF THE 20s, Gordon-Van Tine Co. (0-486-26959-0)
MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, Edward Warren Hoak and Willis Humphrey Church.
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