Houses by mail : a guide to houses from Sears, Roebuck and Company / Katherine Cole Stevenson, H. Ward Jandl.

Main entry:

Stevenson, Katherine H. (Katherine Holler), author. aut

Title & Author:

Houses by mail : a guide to houses from Sears, Roebuck and Company / Katherine Cole Stevenson, H. Ward Jandl.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The Preservation Press, [1986]

Description:

365 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-348) and index.
Recollections -- Introductions -- Guide to house types: Gabled roof, one story, end entrance -- Gable roof, one and a half to two and a half stories, end entrance -- Gabled roof, one story, corner entrance -- Gabled roof, one story, side entrance -- Gabled roof, one and a half stories, side entrance, one front dormer -- Gabled roof, one and a half stories, side entrance, two or more front dormers -- Gabled roof, one and a half stories, projecting gabled side entrance -- Gabled roof, two or more stories, side entrance -- Intersecting gabled roof, one to one and a half stories -- Intersecting gabled roof, two or more stories -- Hipped roof, one to one and a half stories -- Hipped roof, tow or more stories -- Hipped-gable roof -- Gambrel roof -- Flat or mansard roof -- Cottages -- Further reading -- Information sources.
Also issued online.
Southeastern Library Association Southern Books Competition, Special Recognition for Paperback Cover, 1987

Summary:

Between 1908 and 1940, thousands of Sears homes were built around the country.

ISBN:

0891331204 (pbk.)
9780891331209 (pbk.)
9780471143949
0471143944

Subject:

Sears, Roebuck and Company.
Prefabricated houses United States.
Architecture, Domestic United States Designs and plans.
Maisons préfabriquées États-Unis.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Dessins et plans.
Architecture, Domestic
Prefabricated houses
Prefab constructies.
Woningen.
Postorderbedrijven.
United States

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings
Illustrated works.
Dessins d'architecture.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Jandl, H. Ward, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 3881
Call No.: TH4819.P7 (ID:85-B4066)
Status: Available

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