Sloan's Victorian Buildings

by Samuel Sloan

The original edition of The Model Architect (1852-3) is reprinted here with Sloan’s influential designs for pre-Civil War mansions, villas, churches, schoolhouses and other buildings. Over 100 lithographs display the buildings in perspective, with front, rear and side elevations. Plus floor plans, scale drawings, more. 114 plates.

412 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1980

About the author

1815-1884

Reviews

[Holly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is for cold winter nights by the fireplace. I like to look at the drawings of the elevations; but my favorite thing about this book is to look at the floor plans and do mental updates, adding bathrooms, etc, just as if it were my own fixer-upper project.