Continuing the building boom in South Windsor that was soon to be squashed by the Great Depression, was this competing ad to yesterday’s entry. While this house isn’t named, it is also on Randolph, this one however is on the north side of Grand Marais.
Other than a few small changes, this one looks as good as it did in 1928 when it was built. Of note there is another one across the street from this one, that is built on a reverse floor plan.
There’s something about the eyelit window on the one side and the truncated gable without a window on the other that just seems to clash to me. The gabled front just screams for a window on the second floor. I wonder why it’s not there? I thought the fire code requires at least one window for every bedroom. How did they even get away with that? That couldn’t be a one and a half storey loft ceiling because the detailed ad states there are two bedrooms on the second floor.
And what does “completely insulated” from the ad mean?? I didn’t know they used isulation back in 1928. As far as I know, houses were built with one layer of brick veneer, a 4-6″ empty space with cedar framing and then a plaster wall. Unless there’s a cinder block wall in between the brick and the plaster. But, they only did that in larger commercial buildings (with the exception of the Guardian building in Detroit). They’d never do that for a house. It’d be too expensive.
The gabled front without a window is as common on this style home as sesame seeds on Big Mac buns, David. And it’s most likely attic space – not a bedroom. There is plenty of room for two bedrooms on the upper floor still, one at each side of the house, with a window facing each side. As far as insulation goes, I’m sure the ad is being truthful. The only thing that would worry me is what material they used for insulation.
Yeah, right. Probably ol’ asbestos, the wonder material. It was so good at many applications, there had to be a downside. Of course, doctors recommended smoking, so it was a combo of factors that would get you eventually.
Hey, you can get homes in Detroit now for $7,500, they just don’t look like that!