by Architectural Observer | Sep 10, 2017 | Blog, Mail Order and Kit Houses, Observations
A 1923 Harris Brothers Company catalog includes an attractive Craftsman style house with a rather lackluster name: No. N-1026. The house was offered with clapboard or shingled siding, and a reversed floor plan as an option. The Aladdin Company sold a nearly...
by Architectural Observer | Sep 6, 2017 | Blog, Mail Order and Kit Houses, Observations
More than a century has passed since the Harris Brothers Company first offered a kit house which today is both admired and disparaged. Known variously over the years as Design No. 6, No. K-2013, and No. J-6, the kit house had a facade which continues to evoke a...
by Architectural Observer | Sep 4, 2017 | Blog, Mail Order and Kit Houses, Observations
For well over a century, the Garlinghouse Company has been publishing house plans. While I’m especially partial to their mid-20th century designs, the older ones also have merit. Below is plan number 1067 from the 1920’s… the house shown in the...
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