Las Animas - Bent County Library District

A pictorial collection of Victorian houses accompanied by brief captions, known as the "Painted Ladies," inspiried by The Colorist Movement in San Francisco in the sixties. Discusses this unique architectural heritage, the homeowners, their neighbors, and new generations of admirers across the country.

At the end of the 19th century carpenter and architect George Barber began publishing his residential designs in inexpensive illustrated catalogs. These were not the first mail order house plans, but the first to give customers an opportunity to helf design thier house. This is a reprint of some of those house designs and information.

75 plates from the "Scientific American-Architects and Builders edition", 1885-1894.