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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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April, 1906 
Some 
Successful 
Houses 
Costing From 
$3,000 
to 
$6,000 
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N the first article of the series on ‘The Model 
House,” which appeared in the March num- 
ber of AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS, it 
was the purpose to demonstrate what is 
being done in the building of a low cost 
house for people of moderate means, rang- 
ing in price from twelve to twenty-four hundred dollars, and 
also to show some of the problems which have been solved 
in order to overcome the rapid increase in the cost of build- 
ing. It is now proposed to present a series of higher priced 
houses costing from three to six thousand dollars. In build- 
ing these houses the same problems had to be solved. The 
question of properly building a house for men of small 
means and placing it in an environment that will tend to de- 
velop their higher faculties and’‘to enable them to enjoy more 
of the comforts of clean living, is one of the most important 
problems of the day. It can no longer, however, be put 
aside, for upon its solution depends in a great measure the 
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probability of a man owning his own home, and of becoming 
a true American citizen. 
In these days of constantly increasing building cost, it is 
encouraging to find that there are some architects who are 
trying to offset this by a steady improvement in the econom- 
ical planning and designing of a house, and its furnishing, 
decoration and equipment. If this point can be successfully 
maintained, then a solution of our domestic necessities will 
to a degree counterbalance the increase in the cost of build- 
ing material and labor. The houses shown in this article 
illustrate this tendency toward economy in the original out- 
lay, as well as in their future maintenance. 
It is evident, as seen by a study of the various plans, that 
an effort has been made to eliminate the hall and passage and 
make it a secondary consideration, and to throw what space 
there is into available rooms and closets; this has not been 
done with a sacrifice of any desirable feature, but to have less 
waste space and bring the parts into closer relation. 
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| —An Interesting Type of House Built of Brick and Stucco and Having a Compact Arrangement of Rooms 
