This historic digest is part of a series published by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Bureau of Standards on the technical characteristics of building materials used in the construction of affordable housing units. Each digest presents condensed, essential facts regarding its given topic, and is intended for use by staff at federal agencies, manufacturers, trade associations, and builders. This publication, in continuation of the previous digest in the series, presents a summary of the 1926 National Bureau of Standards circular #311, “Stucco Investigations at the Bureau of Standards with Recommendations for Portland Cement Stucco Construction.”

This report is part of the collection of scanned historical documents available to the public.