Title: American System-Built House Series Portfolio
Inclusive Dates: 1915-1917

Creator:

• Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

Call Number: Mss 1163

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 flat box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

A portfolio of 28 single sheet and eleven double sheet illustrations and plans, published for The Richards Company in original cover with interior text extolling “the virtues of these affordable homes.” The portfolio consists of perspective drawings and floor plans for several standardized models of the American System-Built house series.

Language: English

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Prints for American System Built Homes, Richards Company. John H. Howe Collected Papers (Box 47 of Mss 842)

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: M2014-055

Processing Information

Processed by Kyle L. Krause, May 12, 2014.

Mss 1163 Box   1	Cover Physical Description: 11 x 25 inches
Box   2 Folder   A4	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   3 Folder   A4	Isometric floor plan, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   4 Folder   A101	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches  Note: Also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, page 1).
Box   5 Folder   A103	Elevations and floor plan, exterior and interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   5 Folder   A111	Elevations and floor plan, exterior and interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   6 Folder   A201-A202	Elevations, exterior and interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   6 Folder   A203	Elevations and floor plan, exterior and interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   7 Folder   A221	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches  Note: Also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, page 2).
Box   8 Folder   A221	Floor plan, interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   9 Folder   A231	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   10 Folder   A231	Floor plan, 1st and 2nd floor, interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   11	11 A241-A242 Elevations, exterior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   12 Folder   A243	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches  Note: Also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, page 3).
Box   13 Folder   A243	Perspective drawing, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   14	14 A301-A302 Elevations, exterior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   14 Folder   A303	Elevations and floor plan, exterior and interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   15 Folder   B1	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   16 Folder   B1	Isometric floor plan, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   17 Folder   B11	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches  Note: Different versions of B11 exterior also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, pages 10-11). Howe collection contains an additional two copies of B11 exterior: 8.5 x 11 inches (no red square); 11 x 15.75 inches (photocopy).
Box   18 Folder   B11	Floor plan, 1st and 2nd floor, interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   19 Folder   B23	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches  Note: One identical and two different versions of B23 exterior also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, pages 4, 6-7). Howe collection contains three copies of B23 exterior: 8.5 x 11 inches (same); two 12 x 18.5 inches (halftone).
Box   20 Folder   B23	Floor plan, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   21 Folder   B101	Floor plan, exterior and interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   22 Folder   C3	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   23 Folder   C3	Perspective drawing, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   24 Folder   C3	Isometric floor plan, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   25 Folder   D1	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   26 Folder   D1	Isometric floor plan, 1st floor, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   27 Folder   D1	Isometric floor plan, 2nd floor, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   28 Folder   D101	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   29 Folder   D101	Floor plan, 2nd floor, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   30 Folder   E3	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches  Note: Also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, page 8).
Box   31 Folder   E3	Floor plan, 1st and 2nd floor, interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   32 Folder   J1-J2	Elevations and floor plan, exterior and interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   33 Folder   J400	Isometric floor plan, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   34 Folder   J401	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   35 Folder   J501	Floor plan, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches
Box   36 Folder   J521	Floor plan, exterior and interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches  Note: Different version of J521 also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, page 12). Howe collection contains a copy 14 x 20 inches (brown line).
Box   37 Folder   J900	Isometric floor plan, interior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches  Note: Also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, page 5).
Box   38 Folder   J902	Perspective drawing, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches  Note: Different version also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, page 9). Howe collection contains a copy 12 x 15 inches (halftone).
Box   39 Folder   J922	Elevations and floor plan, exterior and interior Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
Box   40	40 [unidentified] Isometric floor plan, exterior Physical Description: 8.5 x 11 inches  Note: Another unidentified exterior also in John H. Howe Collected Papers (Mss 842, box 47, page 13). Howe collection unidentified exterior is 13 x 20 inches (Benday Print); this may not be a System-Built house.