California's Kit Homes
Author | : Rosemary Thornton |
Publisher | : Gentle Breeze Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : 9780971558830 |
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Author | : Rosemary Thornton |
Publisher | : Gentle Breeze Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : 9780971558830 |
Author | : Rosemary Thornton |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2010-11-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1614235988 |
From 1908 to 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold nearly seventy-five thousand homes through its mail-order Modern Homes program. Families across the nation set about assembling the kits, using the thick instruction manual to puzzle out how twelve thousand pieces of house might fit together. The resulting dwellings were as durable as they were enchanting, swiftly becoming icons of the American landscape. Follow leading expert Rosemary Thornton through a lavishly illustrated history of the homes many Illinoisans dont know they are living in. Recognize your own front porch on a page in the Neo-Tudor section of the style gallery and tell your plumber hes helping to preserve a Barrington.
Author | : Rosemary Fuller Thornton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : 9780971558816 |
History of Sears Kit Homes with info on how to find and identify these old kit homes. Alson includes photos, graphics, diagrams and oral histories from workers at the Sears Mill and people who built their own Sears Home. Also history on Richard W. Sears and Alvah Roebuck; history on Sears and Roebuck, Co.
Author | : Sears, Roebuck and Company |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2003-12-16 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0486429946 |
Proudly promoting itself as "the largest home building organization in the world," Sears, Roebuck and Company advertised its 1932 products in a handsome catalog that also displayed a full-size replica of Mount Vernon, created from Sears materials for a Paris exposition in 1932. At the heart of the publication were 68 designs for Sears houses, among them such handsome residences as the Belmont, a six-room house with vestibule, breakfast alcove, three bedrooms, and one-and-a-half baths; and the Dover, an English cottage with a massive chimney and unusual roof lines. A useful reference for people interested in preserving homes of this period, this volume will also be welcomed by anyone who relishes a glimpse of America's architectural past.
Author | : Robert Winter |
Publisher | : Los Angeles : Hennessey & Ingalls |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Now in its fifth printing, this volume provides an architectural and social history of the turn-of-the-century, craftsman-style American dream house in which an owner of modest means could live simply and artistically. California provided the perfect landscape -- scenically, economically, and socially -- for the proliferation of examples ranging from do-it-yourselfers and mass-produced builders' cottages to the sophisticated artifacts of the Greene brothers and the Heinemans.
Author | : E. W. Stillwell & Co. |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2012-06-11 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0486145298 |
It is better to build a small house than to overburden the budget with debt for a larger one," advised the noted architectural firm of Stillwell & Company. In their guide to economical homes, the Los Angeles-based builders declared, "A beautiful small house is just as expressive of character, aims, and aspirations as the large house. Mere size is a waste of money and human endeavor." A reaction to the excesses of the Victorian era, the modest bungalow provided a practical, affordable answer to the huge demands of California's housing market in the 1920s. This handsome reprint of a Stillwell & Company catalog is an ideal resource for 21st-century bungalow buyers and renovators as well as for builders seeking details of authentic materials and techniques. Its 50 examples of the classic California bungalow style include magnificently reproduced photographs, in addition to floor plans, estimated costs, and descriptions of exteriors and interiors.
Author | : Michelle Kaufmann |
Publisher | : Gibbs Smith |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1423604970 |
IN PREFAB GREEN, architect Michelle Kaufmann shares her vision of creating thoughtful, sustainable design for everyone. Her firm, Michelle Kaufmann Designs, blends sustainable home layouts, eco-friendly materials, and low-energy options to create a "prepackaged" green solution to home design. Kaufmann tells about five eco-principles that are present in every design her firm creates-smart design, eco-materials, energy efficiency, water conservation, and healthy environment-and how each work together to create homes that make a difference. Michelle Kaufmann founded Michelle Kaufmann Designs in 2002. Michelle's work is widely published and her homes have been showcased in a number of museums including the National Building Museum, the Vancouver Art Center, MOCA in Los Angeles, and Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Michelle lives in Marin County, California. Cathy Remick has worked as a staff architect and designer for several national firms in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. She is a design manager for mkStudios. She lives in Orinda, California.
Author | : Sears Roebuck & Co |
Publisher | : Andesite Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2017-08-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781376128857 |
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Author | : Rosemary Fuller Thornton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : 9780971558823 |
Sears offered more than 370 designs of kit homes from 1908- 1940, but nationally known Sears House expert Rosemary Thornton has discovered that Sears had 60 best-selling designs. In her new book she writes, "If you learn how to identify these 60 designs, you'll discover about 60% of the Sears Homes in your community.""Finding the Houses That Sears Built" contains more than 190 graphics and photos, as well as comprehensive, detailed and fascinating information on how to identify these 60 best selling designs. Each housing style is given two full pages in this 8.5 x 11-inch book. One page shows the house as it originally appeared in the Sears Modern Homes catalog (with house details and floor plans). An opposing page has two high quality photos of existing Sears Homes. In preparing to write this captivating book, Rose photographed more than 1500 homes in 11 states. "Finding the Houses That Sears Built" represents more than five years of intensive research, documentation, travel and study.
Author | : Pacific Ready-Cut Homes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : |