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Trusted Resources for Floor Plans/Elevations

Aladdin Homes
Includes floor plans, elevations, construction materials, description of designs. Annual Sales Catalogs 1908-1954.
Sears Archive
1908-1940. Includes history, photos, and plans.

Women's Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Go to advanced search to find floor plans. There is an option to specify the date range for your decade.
This is an archival resource comprising the full backfiles of leading women’s interest consumer magazines. Titles are scanned from cover to cover in high-resolution color and feature detailed article-level indexing. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005.

The Radford Ideal Homes : 100 House Plans 100 (1903)
Radford's Artistic Homes: 250 Designs (1908)
Hathi Trust: Digital Library
How to Calculate Square Footage
To determine square footage measure the length of the room and multiply by the width.

It's In The Mail!: Make Your Own House

Magazines for Floor Plans/Elevations

These magazines are good for average homes (especially helpful for decades of the 60's, 70's and early 80's). They are available in the Library, Periodicals Department, 4th floor.

Better Homes & Gardens
Go to Periodicals for 1978-Current.
To view 1935 issues see SPARC.
House Beautiful
Go to Periodicals for v.51:no.1 (1922:Jan.)-v.145:no.12 (2003:Dec.) [gaps in holdings].
Good Houskeeping
Go to Periodicals
House & Garden
Go to Periodicals
Earlier title : American homes and gardens Oct. 1915
Earlier title : Living for young homemakers Jan. 1962
Later title : Condé Nast house & garden

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