by Architectural Observer | Sep 4, 2017 | Blog, Mail Order and Kit Houses, Observations
For well over a century, the Garlinghouse Company has been publishing house plans. While I’m especially partial to their mid-20th century designs, the older ones also have merit. Below is plan number 1067 from the 1920’s… the house shown in the...
by Architectural Observer | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, Mail Order and Kit Houses, Observations
Recently I spotted two more examples of a popular mail order house by the Gordon-Van Tine Company and also marketed through Montgomery Ward. Called the “Cabot” and “Stratford” in different years by Gordon-Van Tine and the...
