A rich reliable record of floor plans and line illustrations for 118 houses, cottages and villas — from the late Victorian era (ca. 1880-1900) — is reprinted directly from the pages of Shoppell's Catalogs, comprising an authentic and revealing source of late Victorian American architecture. Approximately 300 drawings.
Here's a sample of other books in this Dover category
American Victorian Cottage Homes by Palliser & Co. Reprinted from a rare 1878 offering published by a leading Northeastern architectural firm. Front and side elevations, floor plans and descriptions of 50 "practical designs of low and medium priced houses."
100 Turn-of-the-Century Brick Bungalows with Floor Plans by Rogers & Manson Reprinted from rare 1912 catalog, this book presents 100 winning entries from a nationwide competition for brick bungalow designs. Superb renderings show houses in perspective, floor plans, some landscape planning — even a budget.
110 Turn-of-the-Century House Designs by R. W. Shoppell This survey, reproduced from a rare edition, offers an authentic guide to restorations and re-creations. Illustrations include hundreds of perspective drawings and floor plans.
Henry Hobson Richardson and His Works by Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer First important study of leading 19th-century architect, the pioneer of Romanesque revival. Plans, photographs, drawings, and detailed discussion of all Richardson's major buildings, including Trinity Church in Boston, Harvard Law School, many others.
