Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1948 — Page 15

of the most potent factors in improving the quality and accelerating the sale of the average home built today and during the past 17 years” Fred L. Palmer, chairman of National Home Week committee for’ Indianapolis, who made the

NEW ROSSLYN AVE. HOMES—The E. J. Holloway Co. has constructed these" new homes in the 5600 block of Rosslyn Ave.

Home Week.

als. Want More Land

{had not made considerable prog- | Buyers expect insulation, weath-|ress in materials and methods! ‘er-stripping; better Sepiguing. and and general ‘efficiency, modern;

{better adaptation of the house to housing would be prohibitive ini

site and neighborhood. They ask ‘price.

They will ‘be open during National |

minimum of eight inches thick and 16 inches wide. This is about double that required before. Concrete block of tested strength must be laid with tight joints on both sides, dampproofed with a coat of cement plaster over which is a coat of asphalt water proofing. Bolts must be set in foundation to tie house to its base. Proper Wiring Sufficient window area in the basement; all framing of the house made of approved kinds of dimension lumber of proper size, spacing, bridging and headers;

New Homes to Be Open For Public Inspection

(Continued From Page 18) with the kind and quality of houses being built in the Indianapolis area and to impress the public with the record- ana

= Holloway Opens | Seven New Homes

. Seven new homes constructed by B. J. Holloway Co. in the 5500 blocks on Rosslyn Ave.

breaking number of houses being built by private builders:|Will be open to the public next

: = | MORTGAGE LOAN Both Mayor Al Feeney and Gov. Ralph Gates have pro-| "oo : |

The houses are In various

claimed Sept. 5 to 11 as National Home Week in Indian- [stages of construction with only

apolis and Indiana.

5 ” ” MAYOR FEENEY, commenting on the observation, "pun basements will

said:

“Indianapolis is known as a city of beautiful homes and statistics show that 51.8 per cent of the residents of land bath.

Indianapolis own their homes.

two completed. They vary in a x On our |size from two to three bedrooms, | vw all built on one elevation, 4 | b contain] ! 5 automatic heating plants. Other, £4 rooms in the structures are living room, dining room, kitchen

“T am pleased to learn that the best of your produstals are tiled. All walls in the houses will be available to public inspection during the w of |are painted. The houses are conSept. 5. Since the State Fair will be on that week, pany Sicha on planted lois 82213]

visitors from over Indiana will have an opportunity to, see what members of the!

diagonal windbracers in all cor-|

Marion “County Residential

ners; rafters braced with collar| Builders are doing to provide

beams or knee walls; improved!

insulation in ceiling. |

Attic louvres for ventilation; roofing of approved kinds and

weight; sufficient windows for

proper lighting and ventilation in all rooms; proper wiring and fixtores. Approved heating plants; suitable decorations inside and three coats of paint outside; cement work of proper strength and depth; flues must have heavy footings, liners and built entirely free from framing; lawns must be graded, seeded or sodded, some landscaping and trees. Inspections Required Three inspections are required during construction to assure compliance with minimum requirements. Mr. Palmer said practically all of the requirements are improvements over the old building methods and are intended to make houses better built, longer lived and more livable.

‘Luncheon to End Home Exhibit Here

National Home Week will be! climaxed next Saturday noon with! a lunch fer all builders who have

homes open for inspection by the! public.

Approximately 50 home build:

ers, all members of the Marion County Residential Builders As- » sociation, have been invited to the affair in Hotel Lincoln as have members of the Indiana Chapter, Producers’ Council. J. Frank Cantwell, program chairman, said David S. Miller, manager of the promotion and sales training department of Armstrong Cork Co., will speak. Mr. Miller is also president of the national organization of the Producers’ Council, Inc.

Declines During War Private residential building declined 58 per cent in the United States between 1942 and 1945 because of orld War II* Then

from 1945 to 1947 it expanded 472

per cent or almost five times. EC a ag eros a

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Disposal,

good substntial housing.” | - ” » MR. PALMER said scores of! houses in Marfon County will be open so prospective home owners and others can see these projects! in different stages of oonstruc-| tion. At some sites, the public wilh have an opportunity to see the excavation being dug and founda-, tions being placed. At others the framework will be going up, | plumbing will be installed and| roofing laid. Many of the houses will ” completed and some will be ur nished.

» rn » ELMER E. MEADLEY, execu-| tive secretary of the county association, reported that permits for 4320 houses were issued in Marion County ‘during 1947, This broke! all previous records. He said the builders’ goal for 1948 is 4500 houses and that there is every indication the goal will be reached. $ ¢ Members of the committee working with’ Mr. Palmer are

APPROVED FOR F. H. A. AND G. I. LOANS

Charles O. Grinslade, association | {president, Mr. Meadley, Joseph w {Van Briggle, Robert L. Mason,| {Dean Gaskill, C. E. Rogers and \J. Frank Cantwell. | Other association officers, be-! iides Mr. Grinslade and Mr. Meadley, are Robert K. Cordill, vice president; Leroy Carson, 'secretary, and H. A. Lindeman Jr. treasurer.

Hails Home Ownership Bulwark Against Reds |

Sen. Homer Capehart today | called home ownership “this na-| tion's greatest bulwark against! communism because to most of] us ownership of a home is our, first tangible possession in inde-| pendence.” He added, “I am confident that! the time will dome when every] family in America will be housed in what it can call ‘its home’ and| then we will have built an Amer-| ica that can never be invaded; by the theorists of dictation.”

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