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I removed a reference. Architectural patterns books were to a period; meaning most major developments (where I live) require the a simple pattern book to be produced. Hence the reference is not valid currently. |
m Corrected author's name for Tudor Homes of England, the previous editor mixed up the author's given name with the co-illustrator (Louis Skidmore)'s surname. Removed link from the name, as the article on Samuel Chamberlain is about a different one and there is no article about the architecture writer. |
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[[Orson Squire Fowler]] notably made a mark on [[American architecture]] when he touted the advantages of [[octagon architecture|octagonal homes]] over rectangular and square structures in his widely publicized book, ''The Octagon House: A Home For All, or A New, Cheap, Convenient, and Superior Mode of Building'', printed in the year 1848.<ref>The Octagon House, Orson S Fowler: Dover Publications, Inc., first edition 1848, 1853 edition reprinted in 1973.</ref> It is argued by some that this is incorrectly termed a pattern book, but as a result of this popular and influential publication, a few thousand octagonal houses were in fact erected in the United States.
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[[Palliser, Palliser & Company]] published nine pattern books, the first of which sold for $.25 and achieved wide distribution, during the period from 1876 to 1896.
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