Garlinghouse Inc. ; Garlinghouse Publications ; L.F. Garlinghouse Co., Inc. Search this
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Custom home designs and floor plans ; publishing company ; UNIQUE ; after World War I, Garlinghouse was publishing its collection of home plans and marketing books and brochures to lumber dealers across the nation. Lumber dealers then distributed the publications to prospective builders to win their business while Garlinghouse sold the blueprints. After World War II, the swell in demand for home plans prompted the company to sell its publications directly to consumers. The company specialized for a time in plans for bungalow style homes ; Soon Garlinghouse was publishing books and magazines on Southern homes, cottages, vacation homes, duplexes, garage apartment homes, and Cape Cod-style homes (many of the suburbs built just after World War II were populated with Capes: Levittown, on New York’s Long Island, for example. But the ranch house became the dominant plan sold by Garlinghouse after World War II. A fairly extensive history of the company can be found at: http://familyhomeplans.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=12 1985 catalog ; 139 traditional home plans...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
6 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Topeka, Kansas, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Architectural designs and building materials Search this
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.) Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural" Search this
