Building by a builder; practical and economical considerations for the man about to build
A 1914 American homebuilding manual by Benjamin A. Howes, issued by Doubleday, Page in Garden City, New York, for middle-class clients planning a house. Halftone photographs show suburban facades, pergolas and porches, garden walks and a reinforced-concrete stair, many framed by a zigzag ornamental border that can be lifted as a repeating rule or page frame.
