Historic New England

Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes, catalog no. 50, The Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1939

Illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans are included for each house model. Plans for garages, kitchens, and more are also included. A 1939 price list is attached inside the back cover.

Date: 1939

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355717

Ref. Code: EP005.139

Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes, 30th anniversary ed., catalog no. 48, The Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1936

Illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans are included for each house model. Text on the front cover reads, "Dollar-a-Knot Guaranty."

Date: 1936

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355718

Ref. Code: EP005.140

Aladdin houses "built in a day," catalog no. 22, spring 1912, North American Construction Company, Bay City, Mich., 1912

Each house design has an illustration, description, and floor plan. Cover text reads, "Direct from the forest to the home."

Date: 1912

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355720

Ref. Code: EP005.141

Exterior view, Richard Henry Dana III House, 113 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Mass.

A child sits on the front porch of the Richard Henry Dana III House at 113 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Mass.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 355725

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0165.006

Victory cabin guide to your vacation spot in New England, New York, Quebec, Northeastern Cabin Owners' Association, Inc., State of Maine Camp Owners' Association, and Massachusetts Cabin Owners' Association, Boston, Mass., undated

Brochure guiding readers on finding cabins to use as vacation spots. The listings have brief descriptions which are keyed to a map.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355726

Ref. Code: EP005.142

A special message from the Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1948

The letter urges potential homeowners to purchase an Aladdin home. A business envelope and order form are included.

Date: 1948

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355733

Ref. Code: EP005.143

Aladdin homes, The Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., undated

Plan book containing illustrations, descriptions, floor plans, and pricing information for house designs.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355734

Ref. Code: EP005.144

In praise of brick & oak, by Christiopher L. Ward, American Face Brick Association, 130 North Wells Street, Chicago, Ill., 1921

The advantages of homebuilding in brick and oak are described by the author. Text on the front cover reads, "Reprinted from the Yale Review."

Date: 1921, undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355738

Ref. Code: EP005.145

Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes, 48th annual ed., catalog no. 59, The Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1954

The plan book has illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for the interested home builder. Text on the front cover reads, "Sold by the golden rule." The envelope the plan book was mailed in is included.

Date: 1954

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355739

Ref. Code: EP005.146

Small homes of charm, American Builder and Building Age, Chicago, Ill., 1931

The magazine contains floor plans and photographic prints of house designs, and provides advice on cutting costs and good construction. There are additional plans for kitchens, bathrooms, and garages.

Date: 1931

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355745

Ref. Code: EP005.147

Town and country homes to fit your budget, rev. ed., by Rudolph A. Matern, Allied House Plans, Inc., 90-04 161st Street, Jamaica, N.Y., 1953

Magazine containing floor plans, descriptions, and illustrations for designs. Text on the front cover reads, "Designs by the country's foremost home architects. Also information on financing, planning, the types of construction and desirable features for your home."

Date: 1953

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355748

Ref. Code: EP005.148

The most popular homes in America, American Builder, Chicago, Ill., undated

The magazine issues photographic prints, illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for designs. Front and back cover illustrations are signed "QUIG."

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355773

Ref. Code: EP005.149

New look in homes for 1950 as presented by Aladdin designers in the new Aladdin catalog for 1950, Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1950

The details and process that go into making Aladdin houses are described. A mother and daughter enjoy the outdoors in front of their Aladdin home on the front cover. The cover caption reads, "Just like the picture in our Aladdin catalog." Order form is included.

Date: 1950

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355782

Ref. Code: EP005.150

Aladdin homes, catalog no. 46, Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1934

Plan book containing house designs with accompanying illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans.

Date: 1934

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355783

Ref. Code: EP005.151

Aladdin homes built in a day, 4th ed., catalog no. 31, Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1919

The house designs have accompanying illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans. A few of the pages fold-out. There is a letterhead and a postcard included. The front cover has Aladdin's lamp and below it the text "Mrs. W. Fuller."

Date: 1919

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355784

Ref. Code: EP005.152

Weldless wire chains of quality, catalog C30, The Chain Products Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1919

Chain link types are listed with prices. Pages in the item are overlaid with clippings showing different types of houses. The head-and-shoulders portraits of two unidentified men are on the last page of the item.

Date: 1919

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355823

Ref. Code: EP005.153

Calendar, Hume-Newhall Company of Augusta, Augusta, Maine, 1922

The calendar is for April 1922. The business states it can supply plans for the house shown. An illustration for each house is featured with accompanying floor plans on the verso. Text on the item reads, "Put your name on the key to happiness."

Date: 1922

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355826

Ref. Code: EP005.154

Exterior view, Hancock House, Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

The front facade of Hancock House can be seen from Beacon Street. Two women stand on the balcony above the porch.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 355827

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0870.002

33 new house designs (including 24 prize winners) submitted in a national architectural competition for all gas-homes, Time, Inc., Rockefeller Center, New York, N.Y., 1938

Plan book containing house designs with accompanying illustrations, cross sections, and floor plans for homes operating using gas. A critique and list of appliances and heating systems is with each design.

Date: 1938

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355829

Ref. Code: EP005.155

Prize plans of the A.G.A. competition with data on gas service and equipment in the home, American Gas Association, Architects' and Builders' Service Committee, New York, N.Y., 1926

The plan book contains data on gas service and appliances to assist architects and builders in house construction with accompanying photographic prints. It also has the winning floor plans of the Prize Competition for Small Houses held in 1926 by the American Gas Association. Text on the back cover...

Date: 1926

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355831

Ref. Code: EP005.156

The low cost house, Architectural Forum, April 1939, vol. 70, no. 4, Time, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1939

Issue of Architectural Forum magazine discussing topics related to low cost homes, such as plans and designs, construction, labor, land, and financing are described.

Date: 1939

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355833

Ref. Code: EP005.157

Suggested small homes of colonial design, Architects' Co-operative Plan Service, Inc., Providence, R.I., undated

Plan book containing house designs with accompanying illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans. Text on the front cover reads, "This portfolio has been especially prepared for your consideration by Architects' Co-operative Plan Service, Inc., 241 Weybosset Street, Providence, Rhode Island in conj...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355834

Ref. Code: EP005.158

[Portfolio], Architects' Co-operative Plan Service, Inc., Providence, R.I., 1939-1940

Three sheets from a portfolio containing three house designs with accompanying illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans. The three sheets are: The Hartford, volume I, design 12, the Meriden, volume I, design 17, and a color advertisement for the Nashua.

Date: 1939-1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355835

Ref. Code: EP005.159

Wood Enterprises, Osterville, Mass.

Four black and white and color images of a house for Wood Enterprises in Osterville, Mass. (commissions 2660 and 2664) dated 1987 -1988.

Date: 1987-1988

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 355837

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.WoodEnterprises

Paul Woods house, Chatham, Mass.

Nine black and white and color images of a house for Mr. Paul Woods in Chatham, Mass. (commissions 2678 and 2678-) 1989.

Date: 1989

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 355839

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.WoodsP

C. Patten (builder) homes 1-7

Fourteen images of seven homes designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates and built by C. Patten in Melrose, Mass. Some images taken by photographer Arthur C. Haskell. No images are dated. C. Patten built several homes in Melrose, Mass. Please see commissions 346, 363, 366, 372, 376, 378, 384, 385,...

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 355852

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.PattenC

J. Wills house, Wellesley, Mass.

Four black and white and color images for a house for Mr. J. Wills in Wellesley, Mass. (unknown commission) undated. Photographs taken by Alex Beaty.

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 355870

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.WillsJ

1953 building supply catalogue, L. C. Andrew, South Windham, Maine, 1953

Catalog contains illustrations of items, such as poultry houses, for sale by L. C. Andrew. Building materials described include finish lumber, paint, windows, shingles, flooring, masonry hardware, and kitchen cabinets. The catalog has an order form.

Date: 1953

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355871

Ref. Code: EP005.160

1944 building supply catalogue, L. C. Andrew, South Windham, Maine, 1944

Catalog contains illustrations of items, such as poultry houses, for sale by L. C. Andrew. The letter inside the front cover describes war time conditions. Customers are not restricted on the amount of material they can purchase for home repairs. Farmers are urged to cut their timber now. The busine...

Date: 1944

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355872

Ref. Code: EP005.161

1948 building supply catalogue, L. C. Andrew, South Windham, Maine, 1948

The catalog has illustrations and floor plans for houses, cottages, and farm buildings. Building materials described include finish lumber, paint, windows, shingles, flooring, and masonry hardware. Text at the top of the cover reads "L.C. Andrew's 1948 building values." The catalog has an order form...

Date: 1948

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355873

Ref. Code: EP005.162

Homes under $8500, Architectural Plan Service, Inc., Jamaica, N.Y., 1952

The 18 designs have extensive descriptions, illustrations, and floor plans for houses designed by architect Samuel Paul. The plan book covers site and builder considerations, cost saving materials and methods, and how to obtain the blueprints. The lower left corner of the front cover has text which ...

Date: 1952

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355876

Ref. Code: EP005.163

Small homes of character: fifty small home designs selected to meet the requirements of the home builder of average means, Architectural House Planning Service Co., Philadelphia, Pa., undated

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355878

Ref. Code: EP005.164

American motohomes: the prefabricated houses that come complete with food in the kitchen, by Sarah Delano Roosevelt, catalogue no. 1, American Houses, Inc., affiliated with Houses, Inc., 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1935 April 1

The house features are described in the plan book. Six sheets in the back have illustration and floor plans.

Date: 1935

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355880

Ref. Code: EP005.165

Aladdin Houses built in a day, catalog no. 24, spring 1913, North American Construction Company, Bay City, Mich., 1913

Dimensions, photographic prints, illustrations, and floor plans are provided for customers in the plan book. The front cover illustration caption is "Home" and shows a father and son approaching the gate to their house. The mother stands in the house doorway.

Date: 1913

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355881

Ref. Code: EP005.166

Olsen, Richard (The Ranch House Book), 2004

1 folder

Date: 2004

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 347705

Ref. Code: AR029.02.05.017

Reiss, Steven (The Pope-Leighey House - Completing the Story), 2012

1 folder

Date: 2012

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 347706

Ref. Code: AR029.02.05.018

Reinhold Publishing Company (This Business of Architecture), 1963

1 folder

Date: 1963

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 347707

Ref. Code: AR029.02.05.019

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1995-1996

1 folder

Date: 1995-1996

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 347708

Ref. Code: AR029.02.05.020

Town and Country, 1952-1962

1 folder

Date: 1952-1962

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 347709

Ref. Code: AR029.02.05.021

Wilson, Richard Guy, et al. (Colonial Revival House), 2003-2004

1 folder

Date: 2003-2004

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 347710

Ref. Code: AR029.02.05.022

Guide to the gardens of Spain and Portugal, by Thomas D. Price, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy

Descriptions, maps and hotels are included for travelers wishing to tour notable gardens in Spain and Portugal. A bibliography of recommended titles is provided in the item.

Date: 1932

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 347716

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.175

Message from Little Tree Farms, landscaping and forestry service, Framingham Centre, Mass.

Text and photographs describe the business services from landscaping planning, to plant and tree selection, planting and maintenance. A loose business postcard is included.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 347717

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.176

Great Woods of Lynn and other public parks of the town in 1902, being the fourteenth annual report of the Park Commissioners of Lynn, Mass.

The report covers the use and maintenance of parks and wooded areas in Lynn.

Date: 1902

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 347718

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.177

Entrance driveways, August 1933, Architecture, [New York] : [C. Scribner's and Sons], New York, New York

Driveways, entrance gates and fences are shown in photographs illustrating the styles used for various estates and residences.

Date: 1933

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 347723

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.178

Beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque, written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews, with notes on practical floriculture by A.H. Fewkes, 3rd ed., published by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The book covers flower gardening from garden plans, color harmony and landscaping to the types of flowers which can be planted. The front cover is detached.

Date: 1896

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 347726

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.179