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An anthology of Victorian House Plans, Pictures & House Articles from 1800s Harper's, Scribner's, Godey's Lady's Book, &c., 246 pages. |
| Year Published | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1850-51 | Model Cottages & Villa. | House plans for model cottages, a Southern cottage, a "Tudor Style" cottage, and a small villa for a gentleman much attached to gardening. |
| 1855 | Model Cottage. | Frontier-life dwelling in Lindwood, Lake Minnetouke. Includes letter to editor, picture and house plan. |
| 1855 | Ice-Houses. | An ice-house for a farmer from Onondaga county, New York. |
| 1855 | Model Cottages. | Cottage in the Italian Style, and Cottages on a double lot. Includes pictures and house plans. |
| 1855 | Hints for Country House Builders. | Artistic house designs for America. Includes pictures and house plans. |
| 1859 | Our Houses | "When you build a house…it is not mainly to be looked at, but to be lived in" and "...to satisy personal taste and convenience…" |
| 1863 | Houseless | Hunting for suitable housing in NYC |
| 1864 | Country or Suburban Residences, Ornamental Cottages and an Italian Villa. | Pictures and house plans. |
| 1865 | The Houses We Live In | "House are built to live in, and not look on..." |
| 1865 | How to Redeem Woman's Profession from Dishonor | The ideal home. Includes pictures and house plans. |
| 1866 | Cost of a Home | Why a man should marry, and the cost of running a household, considering real estate & food |
| 1865 | A Christian House | Harriet Beecher Stowe and her sister, Catherine Beecher write about construction of the ideal home. Includes pictures and house plans. |
| 1872 | Aunt's New House | (fiction) Young woman's story of Aunt's purchase of an ostentatious mansion in NYC |
| 1874 | Model Residences | House plans of model residences, an American ornamental villa, Italian villas, suburban residences, an ornamental cottage, an American cottage, and a Swiss cottage. |
| 1875 | "Door-steps" | Advantages of socializing on the piazza |
| 1875 | Comfort Below Stairs | Request to improve servants' department |
| 1875 | Frameless Houses | House construction |
| 1875 | The Piazza | Desirable aspects of a piazza |
| 1875 | Color in Houses | Common house paint colors and advice to improve |
| 1877 | House and Home Building | Architecture for convenient housekeeping including information on servants' needs, root cellar & kitchen |
| 1879 | Plans for Tenement House | Prized designs for improved tenements for poorest people. Includes house plans. |
| 1879 | A New Flooring | Flooring to keep out dampness |
| 1882 | The Architecture of the Home | How to build houses with economy and taste combined - plans and cost - the adornment and furnishing of the house - harmony of colors for curtains, walls, carpets and furniture. Includes pictures and house plans. |
| 1882 | The Problem of Living in New York | Housing shortage in New York City; houses changing to flats are partial success |
| 1883 | Recent Building in New York | Queen Anne and Gothic style architectural examples in NYC. Includes pictures. |
| 1884 | Dangers from Fire in Flats | Fireproof houses in NYC |
| 1888 | House Designs | House plans and short descriptions |
| 1899 | The Equipment of The Modern City House | Closets; Stairs; Dumb-waiters; Lighting by Electricity; Gas-pipes and Electric Conduits as Decorative Features; Open Plumbing; Virtue of Wash-stand; Heating, &c. Includes pictures and house plans. |
| 1899 | The Building of the Modern City House | High Stoop Entrance; Basement Entrances; Early & Modern American Basements; House Plans of Ancestors; Square Hall; Back Alleys; Modern Materials. Includes pictures and house plans. |
| 1900 | Architecture for Modern Times with Plans & Estimates | The latest designs in architecture from 1900. Includes pictures and house plans. |
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