The American architect : comprising original designs of cheap country and village residences, with details, specifications, plans and directions, and an estimate of the cost of each design
A pattern book of house designs by New York architect John W. Ritch, published by C. M. Saxton in 1849 for builders and clients wanting inexpensive country and village dwellings. Lithographed plates give front and side elevations, floor plans, construction details and a few landscaped perspective views, all in thin outline with light hatching on roofs and shutters, usable as line-art buildings, window and porch details, and plan diagrams.
