New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Ruilds Full
Size House
In Five Days
Model Home Is Stucco and
2 Stories High: Has Gas.
Electricity and Is Fur
nished Co mpl ctcl ~

nished Go III y | G G y
Fifty special laborers, carpenters,
-..ons, painters, decorators and land
.srs gardeners have worked in night
"A day shifts since Monday to COM
...e one fiyo-room Italian house.
rs,b IS one feature of the Exposition
x..otiful Home Convenient, ns it 's
.net. and j. Is as complete in detail
.,,, erected on suburban lot instead
;, 6, drill aoor Of 6oth Regiment
Nmory.
Though n. exterior OF the house
..ovs tuo stories, and Is entirely fin
;,hed. visitors cannot be permitted to
.,nvd on the stairs, so thcy must be
.,rtcn. 10 examine the designs OF the
ss.ond story THE plaus for the nouso
,-e tbe achievement Of Dwight James
panr1. architect, and chairman OF the
Ach.tectu7si Committee, who says in
discussing the designs:
Nation Of Renters
aThe American people have become
n Dwellings,, especially small dwell
,nes. sbandoncd when we entered the
rsr. has decreased so that, at the
nre.cnt, the national housing shortage
4 variously placed by government bu
y.aus and other authorities, at from
1000, 900 TO 100000. Il was, there
fore. our purpose TO show IN the Beau
tiful Homo Convenient home lite to be
attractive In an effort to resell the
merits OF tho American home to the
America people,
zone of the most, popular houses TO-
day IS the straightforward house
Villas in northern Italy. These houses
r,rs the utmost space, FOR they arc
economical in plan, with minimum
q space lost, due to simple roof con-
struction and IN otheY weys where
,psc. Is lost, as in the now popular
English typo. The detail Is very simple,
the smouut Of ornament IS reduced to
4 minimum and the structural mem
hers are simplifed because OF those
straight lines and roof construction.
There arc no corridors or broken cor
ners IN thc arrangement OF rooms and
the service part OF the house Is es-
retslly planned TO save the house
Keeper many steps. The small central
orosch to tho interior, giving, appar-
:ntly. moro size to the rooms. Tho
house Was designed for the average
family with children. requiring MIMI
mum Of three bed rooms and bath"
Creamy Pink Tinted Facade
The construction OF the house wa:
directed by the Concrete House and
Cement Products Committee OF which
John Thomas Simpson. architect, Simp'
sor-Craft Homes, is chairman. The ex-
,o~,~ost&inr OF vr a.
terial on metal lath. which can be
dup,icated In various forms Of con-
crete, It Is Of light franc work, coated
with cement stucco. Tho exterior color
is creamy pink tone, the trim i. pale
green with dark blue shutters, and the
roof is of red and brown Tile, slightly
Irregular In texture.
The furnishing has been undertaken
by ". & J. Sloane Company who have
sndeayored TO show that correct fur
u!shings may be had that combine
economy with good taste. These fur
nishings of at early Colonial charac~
.er include pieces Of the Renaissance
ueriod OF English decoration, also
along the lines Of the Sheridan style
and OF william and Mary period, as
agsins. the heavy Victorian period 80
common in America up to 1890.
cooperating WIN w. " ~ ~.o~-'s,
the wall paper dealers OF New York,
have provided tho wall paper for tbs
hous. in addition to arranging large
exhibit of wall paper, daily feature
Q, which will be lectures on interios
decorations by Alan Gordon, national
authority on this subject.
Ready to Build 1t Elsewhere
The entire house and ths semi Do.
tached laundry Is completely piped and
w!yed and fitted with gas and electrical
appliances and labor saving devices
Especially activs has been the gas ap'
pliances committee, OF which William
u. Crane, president Of the William NJ
Crane Company is chairman, under
whose direction all gas appliance as
sisnments have bean made IN the house
Definite figures arc available on the
cost Of construction and furnishing anc
exhibitors are prepared to state Just
what they will charge to duplicate the
house in other materials. A number OF
plans have been made 70 be sold at c
nominal cost to those who are particu'
la.lY pleased with this house: Con
tractors ana quoting on building tht
Aorse in various localities adjacent K
this city, cooperating with, the rea
sst.ts section, which. includes sepre
Isntstion from Wes.chestsr. New Jer
sey and long Island