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Home Builders Design Catalog - 1927

This website contains the complete contents of the Universal Design Book No. 25 on Builder's Woodwork from 1927. These Builders Catalogs were branded with the name of the company promoting them. This copy, for example, has the pages stamped with "The Uniontown Grain & Lumber Co." The materials were all special order. In other words these materials were used for the high end, custom homes built in 1927.

Universal Home Design

INTRODUCTION
THE whole-hearted response to our first efforts in a Universal Design Book has convinced us that such a book has long been needed in the building industry. Dealers, architects, contractors and builders thru out the country have been able to work on a sounder …

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Universal Design Book 25

Please notice the text on this site is taken from a book published in 1927!!

I include editorial comments where it seems useful and they are will always be in green. Please don’t think these lovely products are for sale …

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Builder’s Woodwork

To the Builder of the Modest Home

THE builders of today are striving for that uniformity and harmony in design both inside and out which makes each home a work of art and a desirable place in which to live. This tendency towards improvement is more noticeable in …

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INTRODUCTION

THE whole-hearted response to our first efforts in a Universal Design Book has convinced us that such a book has long been needed in the building industry. Dealers, architects, contractors and builders thruout the country have been able to work on a sounder basis with less confusion …

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