Price list of Forrest's portable houses, showing some of the designs manufactured by us.

Main entry:

L. Forrest & Co.

Title & Author:

Price list of Forrest's portable houses, showing some of the designs manufactured by us.

Publication:

Minneapolis : Granger Brothers, Printers, 1883.

Description:

27 pages : illustrations (wood engravings), plans ; 16 cm

Notes:
Presents 4 house styles of one-storey, one and one-half storeys, two-storeys, and a granary.
"L. Forrest, of Belleville, Ont., is the inventor of a plan for building houses, by which he hopes to revolutionize this branch of business"--Page 7
"L. Forrest, of Belleville, Ont., is the inventor of a plan for building houses, by which he hopes to revolutionize this branch of business"--P. 7.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "Sur les traces de ... = Starting from ... ", Centre canadien d'architecture, Dec. 3, 2008-Mar. 1, 2009.
Exhibited: "Sur les traces de... = Starting from... ", Centre canadien d'architecture, Dec. 3, 2008-Mar. 1, 2009.

Resources:
Internet Archive
Digital reproduction of CCA copy.

Subject:

Portable Architecture (object genre)
Portable Houses.

Form/genre:

Trade catalogs.
Wood engravings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y trade catalogues 244299
Call No.: BIB 173981
Status: Available

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