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At the end of the nineteenth century, carpenter, architect, and publisher George Franklin Barber began publishing his residential designs in inexpensive illustrated catalogs. The publications also contained order forms and price lists for his drawings. While not the first catalog of its kind to sell private homes to the public on a widespread basis, the issue was revolutionary because it also gave customers an opportunity to buy custom-designed houses. Reaching thousands of potential clients throughout the U.S. and abroad, Barber created homes that today are cited as unique, fascinating, and distinctive. This republication of his 1891 catalog, The Cottage Souvenir No. 2, includes an eclectic mix of cottages in the Colonial, Romanesque, and Queen Anne styles, as well as designs for verandas, summer pavilions, barns, and churches. Unabridged republication of The Cottage Souvenir No. 2: Containing One Hundred and Twenty Original Designs in Cottage and Detail Architecture, originally published by S. B. Newman and Co., Knoxville, TN, 1891. Tags: victorian cottage architecture |
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