May, 1911 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 1gI 
all the way from Portland, Me., to Seattle, 
Wash., a number being located close to the 
source of lumber supply in Maine, Minne- 
sota, Michigan, and Washington. The 
great majority of the portable garages are 
made of wood, although there are several 
companies that produce such garages of 
fireproof material, such as galvanized, 
rolled and pressed steel. The portable 
garage is generally used for housing one 
and sometimes two cars, but it can be 
bought in a variety of styles and sizes, and 
is, in fact, usually of such construction that 
the dimensions can be increased indefinitely, 
at least in one direction, by adding units 
to the walls and roof. They are so simple 
to put together and such explicit directions 
for erecting are sent to the purchaser when 
shipping the sections, that expert carpen- 
ters do not need to be hired; but when car- 
penters are hired they can erect a garage in 
a day or two at an expense of about $25. 
A garage built of log slabs on a wooden framework 
The side of a hill is a good place to build a garage 
Added to the advantages already pointed 
out, is the fact that the cost of one of these 
garages erected and ready for use is 
usually considerably less than the cost of 
building a permanent garage of equal size, 
serviceability and appearance. Knock- 
down or sectional garages can be bought at 
prices ranging from $135 for one 9x13 
feet, outside measurement, with a gable 
roof, double-hinged doors and three win- 
dows, to $465 for a double or two-car 
garage of the same construction, measur- 
ing 18x20 feet, fitted with two sets of glass 
paneled doors and provided with a sleep- 
ing-room, 7x9 feet, in the rear, for the 
use of the chauffeur. Probably the most 
inexpensive garage is one costing $175, 
which has dimensions of 14x20 feet, gable 
roof, six windows, double entrance doors, 
and a side door, a two-foot workbench 
about ten feet long, and a five-shelf cup- 
board with hinged doors. This gar- 
age has one coat of priming paint, and 
needs only one finishing coat after it has 
been erected. Fireproof metal garages 
10x14 feet, with gable roof, one pair of 
end doors, one window, but no floor, can 
be bought for $124; or one 16x20 feet for 
$208. The material is galvanized iron and 
steel, which does not need to be painted 
unless desired, and the roof panels are 
fluted and the wall panels embossed. 
There is a fireproof portable garage of 
beautiful design, which is made of Monarch 
galvanized level steel with the Dunbar 
‘double-locked sections, which makes them 
simple to erect, and which can be bought 
for from $120 to $450. A garage of this 
kind, 9x11 feet, suitable for one car can be 
purchased for $120. 
By way of comparison with these prices, 
it may be well to mention that a plain frame 
garage 12x18 feet, with hip roof covered 
with cedar shingles, finished outside with 
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Rough stucco garage built to correspond with a house 
