Low cost suburban homes, a book of suggestions for the man with the moderate purse / edited by Richardson Wright ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Richardson Little, 1887-1961, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic.

Suburban homes.

Physical Description:

3 preliminary leaves, 120 pages : frontispiece, illustrations (including plans). ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : R. M. McBride & company, 1920.

Summary:

"A wealth of suggestive and beautiful designs of low cost houses with generous living spaces and harmonious landscape settings are presented with exterior and interior views and plans from the prize collections of the leading experts in home architecture. In addition to this lavish plan and picture section, the layman is given practical advice in regard to the choice of architect and builder, how to plan a house, and the costs of different kinds of buildings, etc."-- book jacket.

Contents:

The service of the architect, by H. Hammitt.

How to go about planning your home, by C. E. Schermerhorn.

The cost of different kinds of building, by G. H. Ingraham.

The promise of American house building, by R. A. Cram.

An album of low cost suburban homes.

Addresses of contributing architects.

How to go about planning your home, by C.E. Schermerhorn.

The cost of different kinds of building, by G.H. Ingraham.

The promise of American house building, by R.A. Cram.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Ex libris Andrew Craig Morrison.

OCLC:

187339917