Harris McHenry - 101 Classic Homes of the Twenties: Floor Plans and Photographs

IN THIS collection of 101 Modern Homes is shown the greatest variety of designs ever offered in a single plan book, and each illustration has been produced from an actual photograph, and not from an artists drawing.

Every home has been designed so that standard stock-length materials may be used without waste, and practically all windows and doors are of standard designs usually carried in stock.

It has required years to bring before the prospective home builder the hundreds of practical money-saving ideas to be found in this book, but the high cost of labor and building materials everywhere demanded just such a work.

Floor Plans

Every thoughtful home builder who studies carefully the great varietyof floor plans shown will realize that every detail has been worked out for practical economy and convenience. Every window and door is located exactly as it should be to provide the right space for each piece of furniture, and every room has been provided with an abundance of light.

Changes in Floor Plans

While each floor plan has been especially and carefully arranged for each exterior design, yet it is entirely practical to make changes to meet the requirements of each builder, and any reliable contractor can easily move partition walls, windows or doors to suit the owner without affecting the exterior design to any great extent.

Kitchens

Large, cumbersome kitchens are no longer wanted by the modern efficient housewife who does her own work. Compact, time and step-saving kitchens are now demanded, and the floor plans shown herein conform in every detail to the most modern demands in this respect.

Breakfast Rooms

The greatest time-saving addition to the modern home is the Pullman Breakfast Room. While only about two-thirds of the homes illustrated show them, yet it is a very easy matter to arrange any kitchen so one may be added. (See illustration on page 105.)

Kitchen Fixtures

It is impossible to arrange all fixtures in all kitchens to suit all builders, but in the locations of sinks, ranges and cupboards, the watchwords have been convenience and economy. The location of any fixture, however, may be changed to meet the wishes of the builder.

Bathrooms

Attention is particularly called to the careful manner in which all bathrooms have been located and all fixtures arranged. By locating all bathrooms over kitchens a great saving is effected in the first cost, the upkeep is much reduced and all danger of damage to the walls of the best rooms by leaks or overflows is eliminated.

Blue Prints

The blue prints for each home have been prepared with the greatest possible care and when followed by the contractor there is not only a saving in construction of at least five to ten percent, but the exterior of the completed house is exactly as illustrated.

Blue prints and further details regarding any house furnished promptly.

Complete Standardized Plans that Save in the Cost of Construction

Plans in duplicate (two sets), including specifications, furnished for any house in 24 to 48 hours for $ ________

This trade-mark on the corners of your house plans means that they are true copies of the original working plans for the homes shown in this plan book. The exterior of each house, when completed, will be exactly as illustrated if the plans are followed.

Carefully standardized plans save labor, materials and time.

Reliable contractors invariably insist on complete plans so that satisfaction may be guaranteed.