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10-06-2008, 12:32 PM
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Any Good Books - historic remodeling?
I've been in remodeling for several years but I am getting ready to be involved in my first "historical" remodel. This place was built as an apt. building or large house back in 1900.
Any good books/references on 1900-era house remodeling???
Right now I am in demolition phase, and the stuff I am demo-ing is recent addition stuff - not the original structure.
I like to stay informed.....
Many thanks
MHM
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12-06-2008, 10:42 AM
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Renovating Old Houses: Bringing new life to vintage homes by George Nash.
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12-06-2008, 11:13 AM
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GeneCarp originally posted this
http://64.224.73.158/index.shtml - Historic Renovations Builder show --- March 12 - 14 in Boston
Might be worth it to you???
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12-17-2008, 01:50 PM
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for reference materials on the proportions of classical architecture, I would suggest the reprints of the books written by Asher Benjamin. The American Builders Companion and the like. Though they predate the 1900 house in question by about 140 years, they are still a great resource. Another is the booklets that came out of the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton PA in 1911-15. the information in the books directly relates to the period in question, and though the information is remarkably dated, the drawings are as period as could be. They can be hard to find, the only other set in my area that I have seen are in a glass case at a museum. But worth looking for.
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01-29-2009, 05:33 PM
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many thanks
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01-29-2009, 05:45 PM
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I have gotten some old
pattern books, and other
period information here,
http://store.doverpublications.com/b...iod-style.html
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01-29-2009, 05:50 PM
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01-30-2009, 02:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MHMConstruction
I've been in remodeling for several years but I am getting ready to be involved in my first "historical" remodel. This place was built as an apt. building or large house back in 1900.
Any good books/references on 1900-era house remodeling???
Right now I am in demolition phase, and the stuff I am demo-ing is recent addition stuff - not the original structure.
I like to stay informed.....
Many thanks
MHM
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Here is something good
to let you in on their thinking
and techniques.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...096,46100&ap=1
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01-31-2009, 07:26 PM
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2 really cool books I have bought are:
The Victorian Design Book (basically a reprint of early 1900 catalogue) - Has a lot of profiles for trim, gingerbread, doors, fireplaces, etc.
(I love the pricing for wood trim - 4" casing for example is $4.20 for 100 feet!!)
The other book is called "Detail, Cottage, and Constructive Architecture"
First printed in 1866 it contains house plans, framing details, porch details, etc.
Both of these books I got through Lee Valley
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02-01-2009, 09:52 PM
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I would chime in, except that most of my books are 100 years old and WAAY out of print. though one that is available is Elements of Style
The Elements of Style: An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail by Stephen Calloway, Alan Powers, Elizabeth Collins Cromley in Books
 $11 to $94 from 6 sellers
By Stephen Calloway, Alan Powers, Elizabeth Collins Cromley - Mitchell Beazley (2005) - Hardback - 592 pages - ISBN 1845331273
An updated and extended edition of The Elements of Style: the most comprehensive visual survey, period by period, feature by feature, of the styles that have had the greatest impact on the interiors of British and American domestic architecture.
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02-01-2009, 10:24 PM
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Curmudgeon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Deadhead Derek
I would chime in, except that most of my books are 100 years old and WAAY out of print. though one that is available is Elements of Style
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You should check out Dover,
if you haven't already.
Way out of print is their
stock in trade.
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02-02-2009, 04:07 PM
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thank you for helping
much appreciated 
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03-07-2009, 05:53 PM
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Wrong thread.
Last edited by Sir Mixalot; 03-07-2009 at 06:03 PM.
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