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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar00newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York, Munn and Co
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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N the first article of the series on "The Model House," which appeared in the March num- ber of American Homes and Gardens, it was the purpose to demonstrate what is being done in the building of a low cost house for people of moderate means, rang- ing in price from twelve to twenty-four hundred dollars, and also to show some of the problems which have been solved in order to overcome the rapid increase in the cost of build- ing. It is now proposed to present a series of higher priced houses costing from three to six thousand dollars. In build- ing these houses the same problems had to be solved. The question of properly building a house for men of small means and placing it in an environment that will tend to de- velop their higher faculties and'to enable them to enjoy more of the comforts of clean living, is one of the most important problems of the day. It can no longer, however, be put aside, for upon its solution depends in a great measure the probability of a man owning his own home, and of becoming a true American citizen. In these days of constantly increasing building cost, it is encouraging to find that there are some architects who are trying to offset this by a steady improvement in the econom- ical planning and designing of a house, and its furnishing, decoration and equipment. If this point can be successfully maintained, then a solution of our domestic necessities will to a degree counterbalance the increase in the cost of build- ing material and labor. The houses shown in this article illustrate this tendency toward economy in the original out- lay, as well as in their future maintenance. It is evident, as seen by a study of the various plans, that an effort has been made to eliminate the hall and passage and make it a secondary consideration, and to throw what space there is into available rooms and closets; this has not been done with a sacrifice of any desirable feature, but to have less waste space and bring the parts into closer relation.
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5<z.cood<TlooR 1 —An Interesting Type of House Built of Brick and Stucco and Having a Compact Arrangement of Rooms

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