1939 NY World's Fair - Town of Tomorrow
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The Town of Tomorrow
House # 21 - The Motor Home
Architect: Adams & Prentice
Furnishings by: John Wanamaker
Price: $17,000
The Garage forming the focal point of interest to this unique nine-room (3 bath) house was conceived to serve a dual purpose. Besides being the housing for the two cars, this motor room can easily be converted into an attractive recreation room by merely moving the cars out into the roadway.
House 21 - The Motor Home From the Gottscho-Schleisner Collection (Library of Congress)
House 21 - The Motor Home
Attractively decorated, it offers an ideal spot for entertaining. The main entrance is provided with a normal front door for the convenience of callers who do not drive in.
House 21 - The Motor Home blueprint
This arrangement permits the house to be placed as close to the street as the building code will allow., minimizes the nece3ssary driveway and conserves the limited area of land for a garden.
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House 21 - The Motor Home
Courtesy of the New York Public Library #1684777
Another feature of this house is a porch opening from both living room and dining room facing the garden.
The exterior of the house executed in stucco is Regency in character. It is very simple, depending for its charm on the unusual entrance feature and the circular porch on the garden.
Major sponsors are listed on the front cover and full details as to products used in the house are given the following paragraphs, together with literature and services available to the home builder. Readers are advised to consult these manufacturers for names of local distributors and any other desired information. All lighting is planned according to standards of the National Better Light-Better Sight Bureau and electric wiring and wiring devices are installed under the standards specifications of the National Adequate Wiring Bureau.
House 21 - The Motor Home drawing
Sponsored by The Barrett Company Crane Co. Edison Electric Institute Fiat Metal Manu. Co. Inc. J.W. Fiske Iron Works Big Electric Ventilating Company International Nickel Co., Inc. Johns-Manville S. C. Johnson & Sons, Inc. National Adequate Wiring Bureau Nation Chemical Mfg. Co. Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Stanley Works Truscon Steel Company Well-McLain Company Yale & Towne Mfg. Company.