Houses from Books Treatises, Pattern Books, and Catalogs in American Architecture, 1738-1950... Book

	Preface	ix
	Introduction	1
1	Architectural Books in England, c. 1550-1750	5
	Classicism in Sixteenth-Century England	6
	Classicism in Seventeenth-Century England	11
	Eighteenth-Century Architectural Books	20
2	Architectural Books in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century America	23
	The Use of Architectural Books Before Mid-Century	25
	Designs from Books in the 1750s, 1760s, and 1770s	28
	Architectural Books After the Revolution	34
	Books as Models in the Early Nineteenth Century	38
3	Builders' Manuals and Pattern Books, 1820s-1850s	44
	Greek Revival Builders' Manuals	45
	Pattern Books in the 1840s and 1850s	57
	Books, Training, and Design Through the 1850s	78
4	Books and Building, 1863-1897	85
	The Downing-Type Pattern Book	86
	Design Books for Craftsmen	88
	Palliser, Palliser & Co.	97
	R. W. Shoppell's Co-operative Building Plan Association	110
	George F. Barber	114
	Prefabricated Architectural Components	120
	Scientific American House Designs	122
	Carpentry and Building and Design Sources	124
5	The Impact of Architectural Journals	127
	Professional Architecture Journals in the United States	129
	The American Architect and Building News Between 1876 and 1901	131
6	Catalog and Mail-Order House Companies and Designs, 1900-1920	149
	The Radford Architectural Company	150
	Gustav Stickley and The Craftsman	172
	The Chicago House Wrecking Company	179
	Sears, Roebuck & Company	185
	The Aladdin Company	196
	Radford and His Rivals in the Late 1910s	202
7	Catalog and Mail-Order House Companies and Designs, 1920-1940	207
	The Architects' Small House Service Bureau	208
	Standard Homes Company	211
	Designs for Brick Houses	219
	Bennett Homes	223
	Home Builders Catalog Company	227
	Sears Houses in the 1920s and 1930s	234
	Plan Service Company	242
	Carpenters and Designs: The Kofoeds of Silver Creek	244
	Working Methods of Additional Carpenters	250
	An Aladdin House of the 1940s	251
8	Pattern-Book and Catalog Houses in Context	256
	Architecture and Catalog Designs in the Local Press	257
	Carpenters, Craftsmen, and Architects in Fredonia to c. 1940	261
	Carpenters and Contractors in Fredonia: Working Methods	264
	Impact of Published Designs in Fredonia, c. 1820 to c. 1890	268
	Impact of Published Designs in Fredonia, c. 1890 to c. 1940	273
	Conclusion	303
	Appendixes	307
Appendix 1	Sampling of House-Plan Books, 1883-1951, by Company	309
Appendix 2	Sampling of House-Plan Books, 1884-1948: Individuals, Unique Issues	317
Appendix 3	Sampling of Books on Small Houses, 1896-1946, Not Specifically Mail-Order Plan Books	320
Appendix 4	Sampling of "Small House" Books, England, 1891-1939	323
Appendix 5	Sampling of Catalogs and Manuals on Interior and Exterior Details, 1877-1947, by Company or Publisher	326
Appendix 6	Sampling of Technical Books for Contractors and Craftsmen, 1881-1946	332
Appendix 7	Sampling of Books on Colonial Houses, 1874-1945	336
Appendix 8	A Note on Methodology	341
	Notes	343
	Select Bibliography	389
	General Index	398
	Geographical Index	411