George Barber, 2 editions, c. 1890 and 1891 George Barber designed Victorian mail-order houses in the late 1800s to early 1900s, His houses can still be seen all over the world, the most ornate Victorian houses in many cities, such as the Castle in Drain, Oregon. Perspective views, floor plans, design details, interior photographs of stairs. George Barber Homes: 30 George Barber Homes. Color Photographs of many existing George Barber houses in US.
George Barber Homes Modern exterior photos, and list of probable house locations. 100 color photos of 30 houses in existence by Victorian architect, George Franklin Barber. A list of over 100 probable street locations of his houses; and perspective views of house designs containing locations from Barber's, Cottage Souvenir #2, c. 1890.
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Original Victorian Painted Lady house plans by San Francisco architects, Samuel and Joseph C. Newsom, circa 1890. Los Angeles - Lake-Tahoe - Peralta Heights - St-Helena - Riverside - The Alameda - Saucelito - Petaluma - Golden Gate Park - Portland - Felton - Oak Dale - Temiscal - Santa Rosa - Tiburon - Sunnyside - Fendale - Piedmont - San Lorenzo - Lake Chabot - Ross Valley - San Raphael - Napa - Newark - Fruit-vale - Richmond - Western Addition - Skaggs Springs - Stockton - Van Ness Avenue - San Francisco - California - Jack Hayes Canyon - San Jose - Nob Hill - Vernon Heights - Eureka. Picturesque California Homes, Number 2, with illustrated perspective views, floor plans, design details.

Examples of American Domestic Architecture: John Calvin Stevens and Albert Winslow Cobb, Architects, Portland, Maine, with Illustrations. Victorian Queen Anne and Shingle-style Buildings. Published in 1889, New York, by William T. Comstock.
Current Photographs of John Calvin Stevens designed homes in Portland, Maine.

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Mid-Victorian House Plan Collection

Victorian Houses 1850-1900

Victorian House Plans from 1850 rustic cottages to 1890s-1900 city and suburban dwellings; also, pictures & house articles from 19th-century Harper's, Scribner's, and Godey's Lady's Magazines, &c. 85 Victorian house plans.

Cottage Houses, 1884
S. B. Reed.

22 Victorian cottage house plans for Village and Country Homes. Together with Complete Plans and Specifications. By S. B. Reed, Architects, Author of "House Plans for Everybody," etc. with over One Hundred Illustrations. Published 1884, New York, by Orange Judd Company.

Cottages, 1884
A. W. Brunner.

House Designs and Plans from the 1884 book, Cottage, edited by A. W. Brunner, with design contributions by New York architects. Moderately inexpensive country houses, that are picturesque and convenient. Published by William T. COMSTOCK.

Shoppell's Co-operative Victorian House Building Plans 1883

Shoppell House Plans 1-56 (1883)

Bicknell & Co. Specimen Book of 100 Architectural Designs, 1879

Bicknell & Co. Specimen Book of One Hundred Architectural Designs, Showing Plans, Elevations and Views of Suburban Houses, Villas, Sea-Side and Camp-Ground Cottages, Homesteads, Churches, and Public Buildings, including Bills of Materials, etc.; also Several Original Designs for Modern Styles of Mantels and Furniture. Pictorial bibliography of 1870s architecture books; New York: A.J. Bicknell & Co. 1879.

Palliser's American Cottage Homes, 1878
50 Stick-style (Eastlake) Victorian House Plans.

Palliser's Model Homes, 1878
26 Stick-Style Victorian Plans from 1878 Showing a Variety of Designs for Model Dwellings; also, Farm-Barn and Hennery, Stable and Carriage House, School House, Masonic Association Building, Bank and Library, Town Hall and Three Churches. Published in 1878 in Bridgeport, Conn., by Palliser, Palliser & Co.

Old Homes Made New, 1878

Published in New York, 1878, by A. J. Bicknell & Co., 8 house designs, 3 plans, and 7 interior views.

Floor plans, renderings and details for 33 designs, including semi-Swiss ornee dwelling, workingman's cottage, symmetrical cottage, sea side cottage, Italian villa, small suburban stable, a farm barn, mechanic's cottage, country church, double cottage in rural Gothic style, country gentleman's stable, bowling alley, suburban dwelling of stone, and more. Published in 1871 by Orange Judd & Co., New York.

House Plans from Woodward's Rural Art and Architecture: Suburban and Country Houses
20 Carpenter Gothic, Italianate, and Second Empire Plans from 1868

Woodward's Architecture & Rural Art, No. 2 for 1868. Geo. E. Woodward, Architect and Civil Engineer. With Designs and Plans of Country and Suburban Houses, and numerous examples of the French or Chateau Roof. Published in 1868 by Geo. E. Woodward, New York.

Antique Farm House Plans from The House: A Pocket Manual of Rural Architecture, 1859. 40 Country Plans and original 1850s "Fruitland" building plans, adaptive reuse now as Augusta National Golf Club's Clubhouse, picture, left. Illustrated with building designs of cottages, one-and-a-half-story cottages, two-story cottages, villas, barns, stables and outbuildings, churches and schools, many octagon structures with floor plans. Published in 1859 by Fowler and Wells. Sample.

House Plans from Homes for the People, 1855
Gervase Wheeler, architect.
Additional content: Color photographs of some existing Downing-style houses, and one modern Downing-style house during construction. Italian Villas, Mansions and Cottages adapted to American climates and wants. 36 Designs with Floor Plans. Italian-style, Rustic, Gothic, etc. Published in 1855 by Charles Scribner, New York. House designs and floor plans.

Cottage Residences, A. J. Downing, 1853.
18 Victorian Gothic & Italianate Plans & 23 detailed landscaping plans from early 1850s, with color photos of existing Downing-style houses. Downing, who practiced in New York in the 1800s, mentions "...the first published in this country devoted to Rural Architecture..." Early Ornamental Victorian American Houses with Floor Plans. Cottage Residences, Or, A Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage Villas, and their Gardens and Grounds adapted to North America. Numerous Engravings and House Plans. Published in 1853, fourth edition, by John Wiley.

Tudor House Plan Collection Loudon's Architecture, Villas, 1834 Designs for Ornamental Villas, 1836 Designs for Gate Cottages, Lodges, and Park Entrances, 1837 Designs for Farm Buildings, 1837 Designs for Ornamental Cottages and Villas, 1838 Rural Architecture: Ornamental Cottages and Villas, John White, 1845 House Plans from Economic Cottage Builder, Charles P. Dwyer, 1856

Loudon Architecture, 1834; J. C. Loudon, Book 3.1. Designing Villas, Beau Ideal of an English Villa, Various Styles of Villas, Appendages to Villas - Stable Offices, Riding-Houses, Dog-Kennels, Avaries, Conservatories, Ornamental Garden Structures, etc.
Designs for Ornamental Villas; Robinson, 1836. 14 English Villa Mansion Plans, building designs and plans.
Designs for Gate Cottages, Lodges, and Park Entrances; Robinson, 1837. 12 English Stone Cottage Plans.
Designs for Farm Buildings; Robinson, 1837. 10 English Farm Buildings with Fifty-six Illustrations.
Designs for Ornamental Cottages and Villas; Robinson, 1838. 13 English Cottage Plans and European Villa Plans, building designs and plans.
London books by Peter Frederick Robinson, (1776-1858) Architect, F.A.S. F.G.S.; Vice President of the Institute of British Architects; published in London in 1836-1838, by Henry G. Bohn.
Rural Architecture: Ornamental Cottages and Villas, John White, 1845. Masterful English Mansions with Details and Floor Plans. Rural Architecture: Illustrated in a New Series of Designs for Ornamental Cottages and Villas, Exemplified By Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details. Gothic, Swiss, and Italian Villa plans. Published in 1845 by John White.
House Plans from Economic Cottage Builder, Charles P. Dwyer, 1856. Victorian Gothic Cottages & Log Houses. Adapted to every locality; designs and floor plans. 23 American Gothic Cottage Designs and Floor Plans. Published in 1856 by Wanzer, McKim & Co.

House Designs and Plans from Hobbs's Architecture
Isaac H. Hobbs and Son, architects, 1873
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Includes 84 "haunted" Victorian house designs and floor plans. These early Victorian styles are mostly Second Empire with towers, turrets, and gables, and some Gothic houses.

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Exterior photos of Oak Bluff's Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Many examples of gingerbread trim work, porches, gables, and Victorian paint colors.