The American builder's companion; or, A system of architecture, particularly adapted to the present style of building ... Illustrated with fifty nine copperplate engravings
The American Builder's Companion is an 1816 Boston architectural pattern book by Asher Benjamin with Gilbert Fox, Daniel Raynerd and Henry W. Snyder, printed for American carpenters and builders in the Neoclassical style. Its copperplate plates show stair geometry, moulded cornices, a mantel and a window frame drawn in fine line with lettered keys. A designer could take its crisp hand-drawn profiles and classical mouldings as a source for borders, dividers and historical ornament.
