The model architect : a series of original designs for cottages, villas, suburban residences, etc., accompanied by explanations, specifications, estimates, and elaborate details : prepared expressly for the use of projectors and artisans throughout the United States / by Samuel Sloan.

Main entry:

Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Philadelphia : E.S. Jones & Co., 1852.

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (some color), plans ; 37 cm

Notes:
"Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by Samuel Sloan, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania"--Title page verso.

Summary:

"The Philadelphian architect Samuel Sloan (1815-1884) designed Bartram Hall, Joseph Harrison Town Mansion and other fine buildings in Philadelphia. His Model Architect was a highly influential book."--Abebooks website.

Resources:
http://librarymedia.nga.gov/library/thumbs/277832/n44s5812a421852_v1_titlepage.jpg

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic United States Designs and plans.
Country homes United States Designs and plans.
Cottages United States Designs and plans.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Dessins et plans.
Architecture, Domestic.
Cottages.
Country homes.
United States.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.
Bookplates (Provenance) NNC.
Stamps (Provenance) NNC.
Withdrawn copies (Provenance) NNC.
Shelf marks (Provenance) NNC.
Shelf labels (Provenance) NNC.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 50977
Call No.: NA44.S634 (1705)
Copy: c. 2 v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 50976
Call No.: NA44.S634 (1705)
Copy: c. 2 v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 50979
Call No.: NA44.S634 (1076)
Copy: c. 1 v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 50978
Call No.: NA44.S634 (1076)
Copy: c. 1 v. 2
Status: Available

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