Model Garden Home Ready for Grand Opening Show
The Model Garden Home built by Gust Jacobson Construction Company, sponsored by The Evening Huronite, opens for a three day public viewing at Eighth Street and Idaho Avenue Southeast. The 5 room, $6,800 house features two bedrooms, a living room with fireplace, dining and kitchen area, a screened patio, and modern design details. Attendants will guide visitors through construction phases and explain equipment and finishes as they prepare for a Friday to Sunday grand opening.
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Eighth Street
Idaho Avenue Southeast
King
Carl M. Thurston
Gust Jacobson Construction Company
Evening Huronite
Idaho Avenue
Color recipes and lighting for FHA home color and safety
The article discusses exterior color schemes to vary the look of plain houses using recipes from the House of Outside Color in New York and notes that proper lighting enhances safety and convenience. It cites FHA financing under the Modernization Credit Plan and cites a 1939 FHA program where about 95 percent of new dwellings were small single-family units with average valuations around $5,000.
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Federal Housing Administration
New York
Stewart McDonald
Model Garden Home Kitchen and Closet Features Described
The description outlines a model garden home with a 9 feet 6 inches by 12 feet kitchen featuring a sink work bench and built in cupboards, rubber tile, five closets for ample storage, and two basement rooms including an amusement nook with knotty pine walls and celotex ceiling. A 14 by 20 foot playroom and a 12 by 30 foot laundry room with a forced oil heating plant are noted, the latter designed for heating efficiency.
Evening Huronite Model Home Opens On August Dates
The notice invites the public to view the modern construction of the Evening Huronite Model Home located at the corner of Eighth Street and Idaho. Dates listed are August 2nd 3rd and 4th.
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Eighth Street
Idaho
Model Garden Home Describes Outdoor Room And Interiors
A Model Garden Home features a summer outdoor room created after landscaping, a secluded garden for guests, and carpeting in the living areas. Bedrooms have oak doors, rooms are wallpapered except kitchen and bath, with birch finish on the kitchen woodwork and ivory enamel elsewhere. A north adjoining 12 by 18 foot garage opens to Idaho Avenue, with overhead doors. Exterior is 10 inch colonial siding with shutters, rock wool insulation, and bright blue hooves and shutters for a fay touch to the exterior.
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Idaho Avenue
Shoe Board in Closet Makes Shoes Easy to Stack
FHA officials propose a slanting wooden board mounted inside a clothes closet as a simple shoe rack. A narrow strip, nailed near the top, acts as a heel cleat to stop shoes from slipping off.
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FHA
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