1936 antique HOME PLANS Federal Housing Administration FHA ARCHITECTURE booklet
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Wonderful original 1936 “Interesting Small Homes” home-building booklet, measuring approximately 8.5 x 11 inches, produced in connection with the Better Housing Program / Federal Housing Administration and sponsored by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. This Depression-era publication was intended to encourage Americans to take advantage of favorable building costs, lumber prices, and newly available federal housing financing.
The booklet is packed with period small-house architectural designs, exterior renderings, and detailed floor plans, providing an excellent cross-section of affordable American residential architecture during the mid-1930s. The opening text prominently declares “Opportunity Time Is Here Again” and describes 1936 as a particularly favorable year for new-home building.
Plans and designs are credited to a variety of important contemporary architectural and housing-plan sources, including the Architect’s Small House Service Bureau, National Plan Service, Subsistence Homesteads Division of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and The American Home magazine. Numerous individual designs are identified by plan numbers.
Especially interesting is the booklet's connection to New Deal-era housing policy. Promotional material references the National Housing Act, Federal Housing Administration financing, low-cost long-term home loans, and the federal effort to stimulate residential construction during the Great Depression. The back cover carries the striking circular “Better Housing Program – Federal Housing Administration” emblem.
Approximately 24 numbered interior pages are shown, with numerous Cape Cod, Colonial Revival, cottage, bungalow, Tudor-influenced and other modest house designs. The final reference pages provide sources for obtaining prepared house plans and additional lumber information, including architectural organizations, magazines, lumber associations, and government agencies.
Condition appears good overall for an approximately 90-year-old architectural booklet, with expected age toning, handling wear, edge/corner wear, minor creasing and small imperfections to the covers. Interior illustrations and plans remain attractive and highly displayable. Please use the photographs as the primary condition reference.
An appealing piece for collectors of 1930s architecture, vintage house plans, FHA/New Deal material, Great Depression history, home-building ephemera, architectural reference material, and American residential design.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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