Featuring blueprints, sketches, plus exterior and interior photographs, here are the finest examples of 1930s country homes from 70 different architectural firms. Originally designed during a creative peak of American architecture, the houses embrace a wide variety of styles, from simple cottages to large estates, rough hewn to elegant. Reprint of the Architectural Book Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1935 edition.
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Elegant Country and Suburban Houses of the Twenties by Charles S. Keefe Interior and exterior views of 51 elegant homes in a variety of distinctive architectural styles. Sweeping staircases, cornices, chimney caps, fireplace mantels, and other details. 219 black-and-white plates.
Flagg's Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction, 1922 by Ernest Flagg Although most famous for his skyscrapers, Flagg was also a proponent of the well-designed single-family dwelling. His classic treatise features innovations that save space, materials, and cost. 526 illustrations.
Country and Suburban Houses of the Twenties: With Photographs and Floor Plans by Bernard Wells Close Reprint of rare book contains scores of illustrations and floor plans for 80 charming American homes, among them a spacious Pennsylvania fieldstone colonial, and a modest, three-bedroom suburban bungalow. 104 black-and-white illustrations.
