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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Village And Farm Cottages. The Requirements Of American Village Homes Considered And Suggested; With Designs For Such Houses Of Moderate Cost

Village And Farm Cottages. The Requirements Of American Village Homes Considered And Suggested; With Designs For Such Houses Of Moderate Cost

William Cleaveland, Henry

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DecoratingGeneral ArchitectureGeneral European History

ISBN10: 935450521X
ISBN13: 9789354505218
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Practical beauty, drawn to scale. Build better homes, not bigger. First published in 19th century America, Henry William Cleaveland's Village And Farm Cottages is an architectural pattern book for the street and the field: american village homes, farm cottage designs, and moderate cost houses shaped for real families and real budgets. With illustrated house plans and straight-talking advice on arrangement, proportion, and appearance, it reads as a cottage design guide and a builders and architects reference at once. You can browse for inspiration, or study it like a working manual, attentive to how a house meets its plot, its climate, and its means. Cleaveland writes within the world of Victorian era cottages, in the wake of Andrew Jackson Downing, when the look of a home was treated as a public statement. For readers fascinated by carpenter gothic cottages and the broader pattern-book movement, the book offers a grounded snapshot of everyday American building ideals and the craft that carried them into timber and paint. It is also strong material for historic preservation research, helping modern eyes recognise period layouts, porch rhythms, rooflines, and the practical logic behind village streets and farm lanes. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. More than a handbook, it is a vivid artefact of how communities imagined home, and how builders translated taste into boards, nails, and light.

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