The complete house builder with hints on building
A pattern book of house designs and plans issued by Chicago publisher Donahue, Henneberry & Co. in 1890 for builders, carpenters and prospective homeowners. The plates are line-drawn first- and second-floor plans, numbered and hand-lettered with room names and dimensions, showing bay windows, piazzas, stair runs and chimney blocks usable as architectural line texture.
