The hy-tex house of moderate cost
A 1914 promotional plan book from the Hydraulic Press Brick Co. of St. Louis, collecting competition-winning designs for moderate-cost brick houses aimed at prospective home builders and their architects. Each page pairs a pen-and-ink perspective of a suburban house with floor plans, brickwork details and hand-lettered specification panels, offering designers linework textures, plan diagrams and architectural hand lettering.
















































































































