Title & Author:

Set of house models.

Publication:

[United States] : Douglas Fir Plywood Association, ©1958.

Description:

<35> sheets : chiefly color illustrations (lithographs), plans ; 36 x 57 cm

Notes:
Supplied title.
House plans adapted from designs by Chris Choate, architect for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association--Cf. American Plywood Association.
Sheets lithographed by Abbott, Kerns & Bell, Co.
The Fairfield design represents a formal Colonial home, the Rockhurst represents a typical California ranch house, the Keelai represents a home with a Japanese exterior, the Danbury represents an American Cape Cod styled exterior, the Regis represents a ranch style home, the Wheaton represents a stone and wood modern split-level design for a sloping lot, the Wakefield design features uncluttered lines and a low pitched roof.
Cumberland (6 sheets) -- Danbury (3 sheets) -- Fairfield (3 sheets) -- Hampton (4 sheets) -- Keelai (3 sheets) -- Regis (3 sheets) -- Rockhurst (4 sheets) -- Wakefield (4 sheets) -- Wheaton (5 sheets).
Scale 3/16 in. to 1 ft.; 1 in. equals 5 1/3 ft.

Summary:

Set of house models, each design includes a plot plan sheet, sheets with die-cut component parts for assembly, and an assembly instruction sheet.

Subject:

Plywood construction.
Model houses.
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Construction en contreplaqué.
Maisons-témoins.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
model houses.
Architecture, Domestic.
United States.
Plywood Construction.
Architecture (object genre) United States 1950-1960.
Model houses United States 1950-1960.
Houses United States 1950-1960.

Form/genre:

Cut-and-assemble models.
Die-cut Sheets (information artifacts)
Lithographs.

Added entries:

Choate, Chris.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Abbott, Kerns & Bell.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 257073
Call No.: BIB 187506
Copy: The Danbury (3 sheets)
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 257082
Call No.: BIB 187506
Copy: The Fairfield (3 sheets)
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 257084
Call No.: BIB 187506
Copy: The Keelai (3 sheets)
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 257086
Call No.: BIB 187506
Copy: The Regis (3 sheets)
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 257091
Call No.: BIB 187506
Copy: The Rockhurst (4 sheets)
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 257092
Call No.: BIB 187506
Copy: The Wakefield (4 sheets)
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 257093
Call No.: BIB 187506
Copy: The Wheaton (5 sheets)
Status: Available