New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Dunn YOur-HOnse Sh0su H..
Helped Many to O,cn 9rsl,. ,
How to Get Place Of Ones Own Started Explained
by Experts in Construction and Finance; Exhi-
bition To Be Staged Here Again Next Year

The third annual "Own Your Home
Exposition closed last night with an
attendance far in excess Of that Of
any previous evening session. Thou
sands of New Workers and as many
suburbanites who nave not had the
opportunity of visiting the show at
any other time took advantage Of the
very last night when they might be
instructed in the art Of becoming their
own landlords.
Display Of small home models that
might be economically built--repro-
ductions Of the twenty-nins prize
winning designs from recent national
Small House Competition" held in
connection with the exposition and mr.
der the approval of the American In
stitute Of Architects-was the chief
attraction at the armory.
The public knows from experiences
that date back several years that the
building of dwellings has been aban-
doncd because Of the high cost of
architectural talent as much as because
| of the high cost of materials. Pros
pective home owners of small means
have had to live in monotonous rows
of houses, all alike.
To influence or create desire to put
beauty into small home facades and
plan more efficiently the small home
competition was started. Prizes amount
ing to $4,000 attracted 1,l00 archi-
tects to the problem of changing our
house planning program. The designs
home owner could wish. The houses
are of four, five and six rooms and oi
lumber, brick and stucco and plastered
metal lath and have been estimated In
price to cost from $5,4o0 to $4,000.
eve have no idea of the total num-
Der of inquiries We have had on the
methods Of financing the home," said
| w. D. Carter, president of the Metro
| politan League of Building and Loans
Associations. "As soon as visitors t.
! the exposition had become convinced
that, home building is possible they
came to US to ask how it might be done
| 1t was surprising to many that it was
so easy TO finance such project
1T has not been our purpose to wage
war on all landlords" said Robert H
Sexton at the close of the show las
night. There are people who will al
ways pay rent. The Own Your Owr
Home movement does desire to wage
war on profteering landlords, and b.
these expositions, that place before tbs
| public the graphic example in COOS
plans, building materials, home furnish.
| ings and equipment, encourage them t.
build and own. With the country con
fronted with a shortage of 100000
homes the slogan must be Build Now!
"The attendance for the two week.
passed away over the 100000 figure We
had hoped to have. Plans are alread,
under way to hold similar exposition
in New York next year, and the variou.
officials who backed us this year are
enthusiastically behind these plan.
| for 1922"
Much interest was manifested in ths
construction of the full-size stucce
house of four rooms on the armor,
! floor. The house was finished early il
the second week of the show and ther
wired and the plumbing connected Ex
hibitors supplying the materials ane
furnishings overlooked no item thai
would make of this house q real little
home. Each room was completely fur
nished and equipped. In fact, wher
completed it was all ready to move into
Designed by R. K Talbraith, of 1855
/ North Meridian Street, Indianapolis
and submitted together with the other
designs in the Small House Competi-
tion. it is interesting that this house
was not a prize winning design. 1t
was selected by the stucco interests as
adaptable for this purpose from the
entire lot of plans submitted.
| When all completed the management
! announced the cost, completely fin