Main entry:

Reiff, Daniel D. (Daniel Drake)

Title & Author:

Houses from books : treatises, pattern books, and catalogs in American architecture, 1738-1950 : a history and guide / Daniel D. Reiff.

Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2000.

Description:

xi, 412 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-397) and indexes.
1. Architectural Books in England, c. 1550-1750 -- 2. Architectural Books in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century America -- 3. Builders' Manuals and Pattern Books, 1820s-1850s -- 4. Books and Building, 1863-1897 -- 5. The Impact of Architectural Journals -- 6. Catalog and Mail-Order House Companies and Designs, 1900-1920 -- 7. Catalog and Mail-Order House Companies and Designs, 1920-1940 -- 8. Pattern-Book and Catalog Houses in Context -- App. 1. Sampling of House-Plan Books, 1883-1951, by Company -- App. 2. Sampling of House-Plan Books, 1884-1948: Individuals, Unique Issues -- App. 3. Sampling of Books of Small Houses, 1896-1946, Not Specifically Mail-Order Plan Books -- App. 4. Sampling of "Small House" Books, England, 1891-1939 -- App. 5. Sampling of Catalogs and Manuals on Interior and Exterior Details, 1877-1947, by Company or Publisher -- App. 6. Sampling of Technical Books for Contractors and Craftsmen, 1881-1946.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Houses from Books provides a documented and illustrated survey of the influence of published designs on the styles, motifs, and sources of houses in villages, small cities, and suburbs in America from 1738 to 1950." "Daniel D. Reiff explores the people and firms who produced these books, the ways in which architects and builders used and adapted these designs, and the rise of architectural training during this period. Examining 118 books and booklets, ranging from Palladio's I Quattro Libri (1570) to Aladdin's Readi-Cut Homes (1952), Reiff discusses designs from seventy-six books representing forty six different authors or companies whose house designs can be found built in America." "Illustrated, Houses from Books will be useful to everyone interested in American domestic architecture. Homeowners, architects, historic-district researchers, and realtors will find this a resource for exploring and identifying the styles, sources, and meanings of individual dwellings. The last portion of the book is a catalog that can function as a guide for those attempting to locate a model and date for a particular design."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0271019433 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780271019437 (cloth ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic United States Designs and plans.
Architecture United States Bibliography.
Architecture Bibliography.
Architecture, Domestic United States History Sources Bibliography.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Dessins et plans.
Architecture États-Unis Bibliographie.
Architecture Bibliographie.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Histoire Sources Bibliographie.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Histoire.
United States.

Form/genre:

Bibliographies.
Guidebooks.
architectural drawings (visual works)
bibliographies.
Architectural drawings.
History.
Dessins d'architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216102
Call No.: NA7205. R4 2001
Status: Available