Historic New England

Waiting for playmates, location unkown, undated

The stereograph is a studio posed portrait of a girl standing with her back to the camera appearing to look out a window. The "window" has a backdrop painted to look like a tree. A doll sits on the window sill next to her. A child sized chair is in the lower right side of the image. Lace curtains ar...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 355432

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.1650.001

No. 1 American homes issued by the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., Western and Southern Department, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1889, Press of Cohen & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1889

Catalog contains photographic prints of houses and mansions owned by prominent individuals, insured by the Phoenix Insurance Co. of Hartford Connecticut. The last page has a history of the business. Published by the Press of Cohen & Co.

Date: 1889

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355434

Ref. Code: EP005.071

Olde fashioned hints to home-makers: little helps that have stood the test of time, Chapple Publishing Co., Ltd., Boston, Mass., undated

The item provides advice to homemakers in dealing with everyday issues.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355436

Ref. Code: EP005.072

Home Planners' homes of natural stone, by Richard B. Pollman, Home Planners, Inc., 16310 Grand River, Detroit, Mich., 1953

Plan book includes floor plans, illustrations, and descriptions for stone house designs. The Convenient Living house designs are supplemented with sections on patios and barbecues, landscaping, floors, fireplaces, and bars. There are sections on stone color samples and where to buy stone.

Date: 1953

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355438

Ref. Code: EP005.073

Home planner, series 3, Homograf Planner Corporation, 1171 East Eight Mile Road, East Detroit, Mich., 1950

The plan book contains 72 home designs with accompanying floor plans, illustrations, and descriptions. It also contains sections on planning details, a building glossary, electric and heating installations, and furniture selection guidance.

Date: 1950

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355440

Ref. Code: EP005.074

Average man's home: 50 small house designs selected drawings submitted in a national competition for best $3000 dwelling, Complete Building Show Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1916

1 plan book : illustrations

Date: 1916

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355441

Ref. Code: EP005.075

Cellular steel-unit house, Architectural Record, vol. 74, no. 4, by C. Matlack Price, McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y., 1933 October

Issue of the Architectural Record written by C. Matlack Price. The architect describes prefabricated steel modules to create small and large houses. The article is from the Architectural Record, October 1933, pages 249-311.

Date: 1933

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355443

Ref. Code: EP005.076

Ladies' home journal garden pattern, number 151, corner lot 80' x 120', designed for the New England states, Fletcher Steele, Boston, Mass., Ladies' Home Journal, Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The plan is intended for average size city and suburban lots and can be adapted for variations in lot size. A sketch perspective for the garden is included. The plan has birdhouses, rose garden, and perennial garden.

Date: 1931

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355444

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004a.032

Attractive New England homes, Chalmers Lumber Companies, 191 Turner Street, Auburn, Maine, undated

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans of house designs for customers.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355446

Ref. Code: EP005.077

Low-cost homes: planning, financing, building, by Stephen H. Chalmers, Home Institute, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1941

Suggestions are provided for the design, construction, heating and insulation systems, and costs associated with building a home. Includes photographic prints and floor plans of houses.

Date: 1941

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355447

Ref. Code: EP005.078

Home designer magazine book of house plans: a plan book of California homes, 1923 ed., Dixen & Hillen, 1844 Fifth Avenue, Oakland, Calif., 1923

Illustrations, floor plans, and descriptions of house designs are provided for consumers.

Date: 1923

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355451

Ref. Code: EP005.079

Our new book of summer camps and lodges, Porter Lumber Co., 212 North Water Street, New Bedford, Mass., undated

The plan book presents a variety of cottages and structures for summer living. Includes illustrations, floor plans, and descriptions for each structure.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355452

Ref. Code: EP005.080

Chalmers New England homes, Chalmers Lumber Companies, 191 Turner Street, Auburn, Maine, undated

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for customers. The house plans are named for New England cities and towns.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355453

Ref. Code: EP005.081

Liberty ready-cut homes, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., circa 1950

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for prefabricated houses. There is a detailed description of materials, order form, and building time for each design. Text on the cover reads, "Direct from factory to you!"

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355454

Ref. Code: EP005.082

Liberty ready-cut homes, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1944

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for prefabricated houses. There is a detailed description of materials, order form, and building time for each design. Text on cover reads, "Factory to you."

Date: 1944

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355455

Ref. Code: EP005.083

New Liberty homes, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1939

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for prefabricated houses. There is a detailed description of materials, order form, and building time for each design.

Date: 1939

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355456

Ref. Code: EP005.084

Liberty ready-cut homes, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1945

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for prefabricated houses. There is a detailed description of materials, order form, and building time for each design. Text on cover reads, "Factory to you."

Date: 1945

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355457

Ref. Code: EP005.085

Liberty ready-cut homes, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1948

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for prefabricated houses. There is a detailed description of materials, order form, and building time for each design. Text on the cover reads, "Direct from factory to you!"

Date: 1948

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355458

Ref. Code: EP005.086

Homes of character, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1922

The plan book contains descriptions, floor plans, and photographs for each house design. Building materials, fixtures, windows, and doors are described along with a question-and-answer section.

Date: 1922

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355459

Ref. Code: EP005.087

New England homes, Arlington Coal & Lumber Co., Arlington Heights, Mass., undated

The plan book contains photographic prints, floor plans, and descriptions of house designs.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355460

Ref. Code: EP005.088

Home builder's plan book: a collection of architectural designs for small houses submitted in competition by architects and architectural draftsmen in connection with the 1921 Own Your Home Expositions New York and Chicago, 1st ed., Building Plan Holding Corporation, New York, N.Y., 1921

Plan book contains house designs submitted for a competition in connection with the 1921 Own Your Home Expositions. Includes floor plans, illustrations, elevations, and descriptions of designs. Text on the cover reads, "Fifty small house plans, working drawings available, prize and honor designs of ...

Date: 1921

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355471

Ref. Code: EP005.089

The home idea book, 1941 ed., Johns-Manville, 22 East Fortieth Street, New York, N.Y., 1941

The catalog has suggestions for exterior and interior design, remodeling, insulation, and house design plans. Includes illustrations demonstrating ideas discussed.

Date: 1941

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355472

Ref. Code: EP005.090

Your home for tomorrow, Industrial Publications, Inc., 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago 5, Ill., 1945

Remodeling ideas for living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and storage areas. Includes photographic prints demonstrating these ideas in houses.

Date: 1945

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355474

Ref. Code: EP005.091

The home idea book, 1939 ed., Johns-Manville, 22 East Fortieth Street, New York, N.Y., 1939

The trade catalog covers home financing, construction materials, landscaping, remodeling, and house design plans. Text on the cover reads, "Helpful suggestions on how to get the most for your money in building, remodeling, decoration, maintenance."

Date: 1939

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355475

Ref. Code: EP005.092

The home idea book, 1940 ed., Johns-Manville, 22 East Fortieth Street, New York, N.Y., 1940

Trade catalog covers such topics as site selection, building materials, color and interior decoration, ceilings, insulation and financing.

Date: 1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355476

Ref. Code: EP005.093

40 points you should consider in building your new home, Johns-Manville, 22 East Fortieth Street, New York, N.Y., 1936

The trade catalog covers use of effective construction materials, insulation, attic and basement areas, and planning room spaces for enjoyable living. Advertises various products manufactured and sold by Johns-Manville.

Date: 1936

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355477

Ref. Code: EP005.094

Inexpensive bungalows: typical California homes costing from $1000 to $2250, 8th bungalow book ed., Los Angeles Investment Company, 333-337 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, Calif., 1912

Plan book includes photographic prints, descriptions, and floor plans of inexpensive bungalows for potential customers.

Date: 1912

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355480

Ref. Code: EP005.095

Home owner's annual, vol. 2, Science and Mechanics Publishing Company, 49 East Superior Street, Chicago, Ill., 1946

Volume 2 of Home Owner's Annual magazine containing articles discussing planning, remodeling, and completing repairs for houses. Text on the front cover reads, "Home planning, remodeling, and repairing."

Date: 1946

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355482

Ref. Code: EP005.096

American historic homes, The Mentor, vol. 3, no. 1, serial no. 77, February 15, 1915, by Esther Singleton, The Mentor Association, Inc., 52 East 19th Street, New York, N.Y., 1915 February 15

Issue of The Mentor written by author Esther Singleton. The houses described are the Jumel Mansion in New York City, New York; Monticello, Westover and Mount Vernon in Virginia; the Pickering House in Salem, Massachusetts; and the Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee.

Date: 1915-02-15

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355484

Ref. Code: EP005.097

Indiana limestone for school & college buildings, 1st ed., vol. 6, series B, Indiana Limestone Quarrymen's Association, Bedford, Ind., 1924 September

Booklet promoting the use of limestone as a building materials. Includes photographic prints of school and college buildings made of limestone. Text on the title page reads, "Build the nation securely with Indiana limestone the nation's building stone."

Date: 1924

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355507

Ref. Code: EP005.098

Distinctive houses of Indiana limestone: showing some of the finest homes in America built of the aristocrat of building materials, vol. 1, series B, Indiana Limestone Company, Bedford, Ind., 1927

Booklet discussing the incorporation of limestone into mansions around the country. Includes photographic prints of example residences utilizing limestone. Text inside the front cover reads, "Build the nation securely with Indiana limestone the nation's building stone." A plate, on the last unnumber...

Date: 1927

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355510

Ref. Code: EP005.099

Designs for houses built of Indiana limestone: comprising twenty-one of the best designs submitted in the Indiana Limestone House Competition, 4th ed., Indiana Limestone Quarrymen's Association, Bedford, Ind., 1922 September

Text on the title page reads, "Reprinted from a special issue of the Architectural Review, vol. 5, no. 9, September 1917." Includes information on the prize and illustrations and elevations selected for publication, and extract from the report of the jury of award." Text on the front cover reads, "B...

Date: 1922

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355511

Ref. Code: EP005.100

Distinctive homes of ILCO Riplstone, 1st ed., July 1931, Indiana Limestone Company, Bedford, Ind., 1931

House designs that utilize limestone are presented for customers planning to build their own homes. Illustrations, floor plans, and descriptions for each design are included.

Date: 1931

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355514

Ref. Code: EP005.101

The home idea book, 1950 ed., Johns-Manville, 22 East Fortieth Street, New York, N.Y., 1950

Building and remodeling suggestions are provided for current and future homeowners. Directions for various product application are included. The front cover reads, "A generation of ideas for better living." On the cover is an illustration where two generations dream of a future family home while loo...

Date: 1950

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355515

Ref. Code: EP005.102

The famous fifty and other favorite homes, International Mill & Timber Company, Bay City, Mich., 1916

Logging, testimonials, financing, and the items included in the purchase are described in the plan book with a letter to customers from the president of the Sterling System of Home Building. Photographic prints, descriptions, specifications, and floor plans are provided for each design.

Date: 1916

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355519

Ref. Code: EP005.103

Building with logs, miscellaneous publication no. 579, by Clyde P. Fickes and W. Ellis Groben, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1957

Architectural plans, photographic prints, and text provide a guide to constructing a log home. Text inside the front cover reads, "In this bulletin it is assumed that the reader is familiar with the ordinary frame building methods used where wood is the principal construction material. Issued Septem...

Date: 1957

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355524

Ref. Code: EP005.104

"Paul Bunyan's" log cabin book: a guide for cabin builders, The Red River Lumber Company, Westwood, Calif., 1934

The catalog promotes Paul Bunyan's Log Cabin Siding which reproduces "the appearance of actual log construction at a lower cost for materials and labor." Floor plans, illustrations, and cross sections are available for each design. The Red River Lumber Company also has material for doors, cabin wall...

Date: 1934

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355526

Ref. Code: EP005.105

Liberty Homes, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1942

Illustrations, floor plans, and descriptions are included for customers. The prefabricated houses also include hardware, paint, doors, windows, and other materials.

Date: 1942

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355527

Ref. Code: EP005.106

Liberty Homes, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1940

Illustrations, floor plans, and descriptions are included for customers. The prefabricated houses also include hardware, paint, doors, windows, and other materials. A price list is attached inside the catalog.

Date: 1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355528

Ref. Code: EP005.107

Lewis homes: homes of character, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1924

The plan book has descriptions, floor plans, and photographic prints for each design. A price list for 1925 is attached.

Date: 1924

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355529

Ref. Code: EP005.108

Lewis homes: homes of character, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1925

The plan book has descriptions, floor plans, and photographic prints for each design. A price list for 1925 is included.

Date: 1925

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355530

Ref. Code: EP005.109

Home Owner's Handbook, vol. 4, Science and Mechanics Publishing Company, 49 East Superior Street, Chicago, Ill., 1952

Volume 4 of the Home Owner's Handbook. Text on the front cover reads, "Over 65 articles, remodeling, weatherproofing, insulating, heating and wiring, installing TV sets, laying shingles, home gardening, building modern and period furniture, making storm sash and screens plus a new series of attracti...

Date: 1952

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355531

Ref. Code: EP005.110

Few sketches of picturesque suburban homes selected from the practice of A. F. Leicht, architect, 62 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y., 1892

The author makes the case for house plans that use an architect to ensure the project is completed on an aesthetic and practical basis. Includes illustrations, dimensions, and a description for each design.

Date: 1892

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355533

Ref. Code: EP005.111

The Hy-tex house of moderate cost: a house of beauty, a good investment, Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, St. Louis, Mo., 1914

Plan book contains designs from a competition conducted by "The Brickbuilder" for houses faced with Hy-tex brick and not costing more than $7500.00. Illustrations, floor plans, and cross sections for designs are included. "The function of an architect" by Aymar Embury II is on pages 85-92. "The sto...

Date: 1914

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355537

Ref. Code: EP005.112

[Letter and brochure], Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1919 June 18

A letter and brochure from Lewis Manufacturing Company. The brochure item has a price list, testimonials, and photographs of precut lumber ready to be shipped for the prefabricated houses.

Date: 1919-06-18

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355538

Ref. Code: EP005.113

Portrait of Marrett family members in front of Marrett House, Standish, Maine

Two women play croquet on the lawn with a man and women on horseback behind them. The woman is riding sidesaddle. To the left and by the side porch is a rocking horse. A dog lays in the grass facing the porch. A pump is on the right side of the image in front of the open barn door. To the far lef...

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 355540

Ref. Code: PC006.MAR.01.009

Intersection of Tremont and Boylston Streets, Boston, Mass.

Pedestrians cross the intersection of Tremont and Boylston Streets. On the right the corner of the Masonic Temple building can be seen with a sign advertising bicycle wheels. There is a Boston Subway construction site and machinery on the Boston Common. A sign on the construction building reads "Wa...

Date: 1881-1913

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 355546

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8240.001

Nubble light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355559

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.027

Modern living homes, new ed., National Plan Service, Inc., 1948

Plan book for home designs published by the National Plan Service and distributed Franklin County Lumber Company. Each listing comes with an illustration, a design number, a paragraph describing unique features, cubage and square footage, and some come with a cross section of the house.

Date: 1948

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358685

Ref. Code: EP005.382

Eastern home style trends, National Plan Service, Inc., 1949

Plan book for 'eastern style' home designs published by the National Plan Service and distributed by The Niantic Lumber Company. Each listing comes with an illustration of the completed house, a floor plan and cross section, cubic and square footage, and some provide illustrations of the interior of...

Date: 1949

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358687

Ref. Code: EP005.383

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