Pour Yourself A House Low - Cost Building With Concrete And Stone - Vintage 1949
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Pour Yourself A House Low-cost Building with Concrete and Stone Vintage 1949by Frazier Forman Peters Whittley House / McGraw-Hill Book CompanyVintage Hardcover, no Dust Jacket Illustrated, 217 pages, Clean, tight, Only marking is previous owners' name, date, city on FFEPFrazier Forman Peters (July 20, 1895 - February 1963) was an American builder and architect specializing in stone houses.His first major project was a stone house he built in Westport in the late 19...20s for his own family. It featured two living rooms, two offices, and six bedrooms. Difficult economic conditions meant that Peters and his wife were both engaged in small businesses and attempting to be self-sufficient.In 1936, Peters came to the attention of a Mrs. E. G. Rionda, who later had him design and build a colony of stone houses on her estate in Alpine New Jersey At that time, Peters was gaining small commissions by writing articles for design magazines. Frazier was influenced by the work of Ernest Flagg (Flaggstone???) and evolved innovative and cost-effective methods of stone building construction. He described these methods in his books, teaching building methodologies that an ordinary person could use to build their own home. The Great Depression forced Peters to move from Westport to Warnick New York in 1936. There he eventually established a community, Points of View, populated with stone houses designed and built by him, in one of which he dwelt until his death.
Also:"Connecticut is four parts rock and one part dirt, " wrote Frazier Forman Peters, more than half a century ago, perhaps explaining his decision to eschew a career as a farmer in Westport and launch one as a self-educated architect and sustainability advocate, building beautifully sited homes of native stone. Inspired during World War I by the stone farmhouses and lifestyle he saw during his military service in Moret, France, Frazier Peters, a Columbia educated chemical engineer, quickly abandoned a job in the chemical industry after his return, and—in 1919—moved with his wife and infant son to start a farm in Westport.
Also:"Connecticut is four parts rock and one part dirt, " wrote Frazier Forman Peters, more than half a century ago, perhaps explaining his decision to eschew a career as a farmer in Westport and launch one as a self-educated architect and sustainability advocate, building beautifully sited homes of native stone. Inspired during World War I by the stone farmhouses and lifestyle he saw during his military service in Moret, France, Frazier Peters, a Columbia educated chemical engineer, quickly abandoned a job in the chemical industry after his return, and—in 1919—moved with his wife and infant son to start a farm in Westport.
