SELECTED NINETEENTH- & EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY PATTERN BOOKS

Allen, Lewis F. Rural Architecture, Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages
          and Out Buildings. NY: 1860.

Arnot, D.H. Gothic Architecture Applied to Modern Residences. NY: 1851.

Benjamin, Asher. The Country Builder’s Assistant. Greenfield, MA, 1797.

______. The Practical House Carpenter. Boston: 1830.

Benjamin, Asher, and Daniel Raynerd. The American Builder’s Companion; or, A New
          System of Architecture Particularly Adapted to the Present Style of Building in the
          United States of America. Boston: 1806.

Bicknell, Amos J., comp. Cottage and Villa Architecture. NY: A.J. Bicknell, 1878.

Cleveland, Henry W., William Backus and Samuel D. Backus. Village and Farm
          Cottages: The requirements of American Village Homes Considered and Suggested;
          with Designs for Such Houses of Moderate Cost. NY: 1856.

Davis, Alexander Jackson. Rural Residences, etc...Published under the Superintendence of
          Several Gentlemen, with a View to the Improvement of American Country Architecture.
          NY: 1837.

Downing, Andrew Jackson. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape
          Gardening, Adapted to North America. NY: 1844.

______. Cottage Residences.George Harney, ed. NY: G.P. Wiley, 1873.

______. The Architecture of Country Houses, Including Designs for Cottages and Farm
          Houses, and Villas, With Remarks on Interiors, Furniture and the Best Modes of
          Warming and Ventilating. 1850; rpt. NY: Dover, 1969.

Fowler, Orson S. A Home For All. NY: 1854.

Halsted, Byron D. Barn Plans and Outbuildings. New York: Orange, Judd Company,
          1878.

Holly, Henry Hudson. Holly’s Country Seats: Containing Lithographic Designs for
          Cottages, Villas, Mansions, etc., With Their Accompanying Outbuildings; Also
          Country Churches, City Buildings, Railway Stations, Etc. NY: 1863.

Jaques, D.H. The House: A Manual of Rural Architecture, NY: 1868.

Lafever, Minard. The Modern Builder’s Guide. 1833; rpt., NY: Dover, 1969.

Palliser’s Model Homes for the People. NY: The Palliser Co., 1876.

Shaw, Edward. Civil Architecture; or, A Complete Theoretical and Practical System of
          Building Containing the Fundamental Principles of the Art. Boston: 1831.

______. The Modern Architect; or, Every Carpenter His Own Master. Boston: 1855.

Thomas, T. The Working-Man’s Cottage Architecture. NY: 1848.

Todd, S.E. Todd’s Country Homes and How to Save Money. Hartford, CT: 1870.

Upjohn, Richard. Upjohn’s Rural Architecture. NY: 1852.

Vaux, Calvert. Villas and Cottages: A Series of Designs Prepared for Execution in the United
          States. 1869; Rpt. NY: Dover, 1970.

Waring, George E. Waring’s Book of the Farm; Being a Revised Edition of the Handy-Book of
          Husbandry. Philadelphia: 1877.

Wheeler, Gervase. Rural Homes or, Sketches of Houses Suited to American Country Life.
          NY: 1851.

______. Homes for the People, in Suburbs and Country: The Villa, the Mansion and the
          Cottage: Adapted to American Climate and Wants. NY: 1855.

White, Charles. The Bungalow Book. NY:Macmillan, 1929.

Woodward, George E. Woodward’s Cottages and Farmhouses. NY: 1867