The Washington times., 1908-12-13
CONCRETE HOUSE
FOR WASHINGTON
Plans for One of Novel De-
sign Now Being
Drawn Up.

Plans are now being made TO erect
in Washington a house entirely OF con-
crete on the design OF the model, design
ed by Milton Dana dorrnl, Of vogt *
Morrill,, architects, which won the first
gold medal at the recent international
congress on tuberculosis. in Washing
ton, for the be-t mQdel Of a sanitary
workmen's house. Patents are now
pending on a number OF the novel fea-
lures which are 20 be introduced IN the
houses. It is claimed that the houses,
which will contain six rooms reception
hall and bath. II built at least fifty at
a time, can be erected for about s.. 200 a
piece
The entire house. walls, floor construc-
ton. partitions and 50 forth, win be OF
concrete. On the roof there win BE a
glass-inclosed room in the middle. and
the space around this, covered by an
awning. can be divided by movable
screens into private sleeping apart
ments. for various members OF the fam
ly- The window frames viii be OF cast
iron. SO that when once the moIds ars
made, the only cost viii be that OF du-
pIication-
Dampproof.
The exterior walls viii have hollow
chambers running all the way 70 the
roof, so as 20 prevent dampness, the
concrete itself being mixed with
dampproOf material and possibly also
coated on the outside with some similar
material Under the roof there VIII be
openings extending al the way from one
IatiOn- The hreplaces in tho dining
room. living-room and two bedrooms
above them will open into fiues con
Meeting around the smoke pipe for nat
Cral ventilation The hot air viii be
admitted into the rooms near the cell
lrg. thus forming a draft Of the cooler
air in the room into the hues. In add
ton 20 this there viii be under the
houses air pipes. one from esch side.
which by means Of flaps viii allow the
air 10 enter al whichever side the wind
IS blowing
As great number OF sanitary ideas
as possible was the aim OF the architect
in designing the house There are 10 be
no square corners. everything being
rounded 50 as 10 collect as little dust as
possible In the corner Of each room
there viii be a plugged outlet, so that
all that viii be necessary when II comes
TO cleaning a room viii be 10 remove
the furniture and turn the hose on the
walls and floor.
No Dust or Dirt.
There Is 10 be no dust or dirt IN the
house from coal or ashes, the heating
apparatus being a combination hot-air
and hot-water heater BY a simple
chain block the coal VIII be hoisted
10 the roof and dumped through the
coal hole into a big pOcke-, holding
about four tons, whence IL VIII feed
automatically into the furnace The
ashes viii drop from beneath the stove
into cans which viii be removed through
a door on the outside OF the house
There viii be no cellars 70 the houses.
the first floor being laid on q regularly
prepared concrete bed
Another novel feature Of the house Is
the ice box arrangement This has
door opening into the kitchen on the
outside il VIII have a door above where
the ice is kept and one below, both OF
which can be Of screen so that in the
winter time no ice Will be needed the
box serving as a fresh-air closet, being
kept cool by the air cIrculatiOn--Na-
tionaI Contractor and Builder