Evening star., 1939-04-22
Model House Offers
Groom Facilities
In 4-Room Space
Priced for Incomes
Of $35 to $50
Weekly


room mansion-contained within
the physical structure of a four
room house-will be offered in the
No. l model house in the Town of
Tomorrow" at the New York Worlds
Fair.
The house will be priced so that
1t can be afforded by 10 per cent
of all American families.
Details of the plan and the func-
tions OF this home-No. in the
group of IS model homes which will
comprise the model village"-were
announced today by w. Wadsworth
Wood, president of the National
Home Builders Bureau, which is
sponsoring the home.
Based on a new theory of ROOM
space economy, the house features
"dual-duty planning" in which each
room has two or more functions
thus effecting radical economies in
construction.
Tested Materials Used.
Time-tested, long-lived building
materials are used throughout to
insure minimum upkeep costs. Spec
if1cations call for copper cutters
and downspouts, fire resistant
asphalt shingles, diagonal wood
sheathing and wall-thick insula-
ton.
THE problem confronting the
American building industry" said
Mr.. Wood, "is to create homes for
the millions of American families
whose incomes range from $35 to
$50 week. There is a market right
now for 100000 to 100000 such
dwellings.
But this market has not yet been
tapped-simply because most new
homes at a price Americans in this
income bracket can afford to pay
have not been modern enough. They
have not contained enough of the
comforts of up-to-date living.
mo longer does the future-mind-
ed young American think that four
walls and roof make home.
Require Efficient Home.
"Mr. and Mrs. America are no
longer satisfied with minimum
standards. They demand more than
shelter. They require. within their
modest budget, an efficient and we'll
equipped home-a small house, but
one which nevertheless. with the aid
of modern science and modern plan
ming, contains most of the features
heretofore found only in the larger
residences of those in the upper in
come brackets"
To satisfy this demand, the Ma
tional Home Builders Bureau-for-
merly the National Small Homes
Bureau-has created a model home
which offers the conveniences of a
normal eight-room house in the
space Of small four-room and
garage house.
Planners of the house have at all
times stressed "easy-to-run" fea-
lures. Though each dual duty room
must do the work of two or three
rooms in other houses, it must at
no time become overcrowded by
conflict or functions Costs of op-
Grafton and repairs have been KEEP. |
at minimum. Housework has
been simplified.
The exterior of the house is at
tractively colored. White shakes on
the side walls, green shutters and
green asphalt shingles on the roof
give 1t beauty and LONELINESS. A
shaded fagstone terrace outside the
living room offers summer relaxa-
tion and an opportunity to watch
the children playing in the garden
The house measures q by 81 feet
plus a lot of about 151s feet in back
for the garage.
& 6Rooms in Living Room.
The living room in the No. l
house is a masterpiece of planning.
for 1t combines six separate rooms
In one. It Is at once a living room,
a library, a music room-and, be-
cause Of the large expanse of glass
at one end-a practical solarium. In
addition, a sizable ell in the room,
which serves as dining alcove, also
acts as Mr.. Americas study when
not in Use for dining purposes.
Specially designed built-in furniture
makes this possible.
The master bedroom contains a
compact convenience wall" which
can be converted in an instant into
an Office for Mrs America. In ad-
dition, the wall serves as a sewing
room, or dressmaking and fitting
center. It contains sewing machine,
ironing board, double mirrors. draw
ers and cabinets, a typewriter stand
and correspondence desk and nile
space for organizing and admin
istrating the modern house.
The second bedroom is planned as