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Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor

b. 1880

A trained architect who became one of America’s best-known popular writers on home design, this early-20th-century author helped bring architecture, gardens, and practical building ideas to a broad audience. His books made good taste feel approachable, whether the subject was bungalows, fireplaces, or country houses.

2 Audiobooks

Making a Fireplace

Making a Fireplace

by Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor

Making a Rose Garden

Making a Rose Garden

by Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor

About the author

Henry Hodgman Saylor was an American architect, editor, and writer born in 1880. He studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked as a draftsman in Philadelphia before moving into publishing, becoming editor of Architectural Review in 1904.

Over a long career in architectural journalism, he edited Country Life in America, House & Garden, and the Journal of the American Institute of Architects. He also wrote many books for general readers, focusing on domestic architecture, design, and gardening in a practical, inviting way.

His published work includes Bungalows, Distinctive Homes of Moderate Cost, Inexpensive Homes of Individuality, Making a Fireplace, and Making a Rose Garden. Later in life he also produced reference and historical works for the American Institute of Architects, including Dictionary of Architecture (1952) and The AIA's First Hundred Years (1957), and he received the AIA’s Edward C. Kemper Award in 1954.