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Title: Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961 Lyman, Clara Brown
Subjects: Interior decoration Furniture House furnishings
Publisher: Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Page & Co
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing sponsor: MSN

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Examplra of Concrete Houses by Athis Portland Cement Co. 26
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Examples of Cemr-Rt Houses bj Atlas Portland Cement Co. that will fulfill practically all the requirements of luonolithic concrete, this class ofconstruction is reconunended. Stucco work is cement plastering and, in one form or another, has been inuse for ages. It is durable, artistic and impervious to weather. For veneeringnew buildings or protecting old structures, and wherever the cost of solid concreteis prohibitive, Portland cement stucco can not be ecjualled. Stucco may l^e usedsatisfactorily on wire lath, rough stone, brick, concrete blocks or concrete tile. The ineffaceable item of fire insurance is one that also should be taken into con-sideration when planning the house. In many states, an extremely low rate ofinsurance is oftered for buildings of concrete construction and, when the floor and 27 walls are of reinforced concrete, insurance has been considerefl wholly luinecessary,as it is impossible to (lestioy such a building by fire, storm, earthquake, or flood. Arguments h

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