Thursday, July 23, 2015

Defining Chalet Style || No Need to Travel

J.W. Lindstrom House from the Twenties
From: J. W. Lindstrom "Two Story Homes"

Design No. 228

Two Story Chalet Design


American Chalet Style

From: Preservation Nation Blog

Definition: "A timber dwelling, cottage, or lodge with a gable roof and wide eaves, indigenous to the Swiss Alps, but now found worldwide."

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Pacific Ready Cut Homes || Style Number 499

California Stucco House from Pacific Ready Cut

From: Loren Latker's -- Pacific Ready Cut Homes

Pacific Ready Cut House Plan::Style 499

Style No. 499. From the 1925 Catalog

Twenties California Style House from Pacific Ready Cut Homes

The Pacific Corporation sold it's Ready-Cut homes from 1908-1940. Considered to be the third largest mass producer of pre-cut houses in the United States, Pacific delivered approximately 40,000 units. Business for the company peaked in 1923, sales in 1925 were just 500 homes. In the 1920s working class people aspired to the "good life" of home and auto ownership and Pacific was there to provide the little California bungalow that they were dreaming of.

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Monday, July 6, 2015

Compare Sears Kit Homes || The Dover

Sears Kit House from 19401938 Sears Kit House::English Cottage Style

Little Sears Dover, my how you've changed. Sears kit houses from 1938 and 1940 show major changes in the Dover model exterior. The floor plans and footprint seem virtually unchanged.

Floorplan from 1938 Sears Catalog Kit Houses
1938 Dover, Sears Modern Home

1938 floor plan.

Floorplan Image: Sears Homes from 1940
Sears Plan No. 3262, The Dover

1940 floor plan.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles

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Creo Dipt Advertisement

Creo-Dipt shingle mailer. Cedar shingles from North Tonawanda, NY.

Creo-Dipt Ad for Putting shingles over siding
Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles

Creo-Dipts over siding!

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Gordon-Van Tine House Plan No. 535

Gordon Van Tine Kit Home Advertisement
Gordon-Van Tine Home No. 535

Gordon-Van Tine Home No. 535 Built in Pittsfield, Mass. This home looks alarmingly similar to Mr. Roberts' home, don't you think?

Gordon-Van Tine Paint Palette

1931 Gordon Van Tine House Paint
Color Ideas from Gordon-Van Tine

Thirties color palette from GVT. Historic colors for your home.