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The Town of Tomorrow
House # 6 - The Small House of Wood
Architect: Evans, Moore & Woodbridge
House 6 - The Small House of Wood From the Gottscho-Schleisner Collection (Library of Congress)
The plan of this five-room (two bath) house allows two comfortable bedrooms, each opening into the bath and having ample closet room. On the ground floor there is a very comfortable living room which has three exposures and at one end space is allowed for dining facilities. A feature of this plan is the study which is really a double-purpose room. It is also intended for use as a guest room, having an adjoining bathroom with shower instead of tub.
The floor plan of this house is one of two basic designs produced by this board of experts charged with the practical problem of suggesting ways and means whereby the average American family of moderate income can secure more house for its money right now.
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This specific home represents a refinement, without loss of efficiency, of National Small Homes Demonstration Basic Plan No. 2. It is the work of the architectural firm of Evans, Moore 6 Woodbridge. This edition varies from the committee's suggestions for the lowest price, practical, two-bedroom home in that it has been slightly enlarged to facilitate display to many visitors; and in that the roof pitch has been increased to provide for possible expansion of the house by the construction of two additional sleeping rooms on the second floor.
The exterior treatment of the structure is of course only one of a wide range of varying styles which can be applied with equal economy to the basic room arrangement.
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Twelve distinctly different houses have already been prepared by the National Small Homes Demonstration from this basic design and its full two-story companion. Plans of each of the twelve houses are available through the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
The construction principles embodied in this small house represent important cost cutting engineering factors developed by the National Small Homes Demonstration as a result of the construction of eleven experimental, low-cost small homes at its "Laboratory Community" proving ground near Washington, D. C. Possibly the most important departure from the traditional, in the interest of economy, is the plank type floor and roof construction.
Furnishings and decoration are by Gimbel Brothers, Inc., Broadway and 33rd Street, New York, N. Y., from whom prices and full information can be obtained.
House 6 - The Small House of Wood
Another innovation in the design of this house is its plasterless, "dry-built" interior, which makes possible quicker, more cleanly construction without the initial dampness dissociated with the plastering operation and its consequent destructive effects as the house dries out.
The walls and ceiling of this house are covered with wood paneling without plaster backing. This permits construction at any period of the year at any temperature and avoids the usual period of delay in construction while plaster seasons. The wood wall surfaces are treated in the simplest manner without elaborate draining or staining. No surface treatment has been applied which is either expensive or destructive to the natural beauty of the wood.
This house is specifically intended to provide a type of residence which is within the financial range of seven out of ten American families.