Better Homes at Lower Cost, Standardized To Avoid Waste
Publisher: Standard Homes Company
Published: 1952
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Standard Homes Company; Oak Harbor Lumber & Supply; Standard Homes Plan Service; A. Gales Johnson; William Johnson; Philip Proctor; Ward Proctor; David Proctor; small homes; floor plans; design; architecture; architects
Description: <div>Paperback catalog for the Standard Homes Company in Washington, 
D.C. and Raleigh, N.C. Both covers are loose; the front cover is hanging onto the top staple in the spine, but the back cover has come completely loose from the staples and the front cover. The title "Better Homes at Lower Cost, 
Standardized To Avoid Waste" is printed at the top of the front cover. 
In the center of the front cover is a color illustration of a red brick house, which is the "The Castle Rock" model found on p.5. The pictures inside 
are black and white. At the bottom of the front cover it says "America's
 Best Planned Small Homes." The upper left corner says, "50 cents, Coin 
or Postage." The upper right corner says, "A-53 Washington." The lower 
right corner says, "Complete Plans in Duplicate $20." The bottom left 
corner says, "Blueprints Available Through Your Local Dealer, or 
Direct." The "Oak Harbor Lumber & Supply Company" in Oak Harbor, Ohio has their name at the bottom of the front cover. The back cover shows another house plan, "The Woodland," in 
color, with the floor plans in the lower half. 31 pages. Size: 8.5" x 
11.5"<br /></div><div><br /></div>**The Standard Homes Company began in
 1917 in Detroit, Michigan by A. Gales Johnson. Moved to Toledo in 1918,
 then Washington, D.C. in 1921, with a southern office in Raleigh, NC. 
By 1950, the company was called Standard Homes Plan Service, and is 
still in business today, operated by Johnson's great-grandsons.