NATIONAL HOMES FLOOR PLANS MID CENTURY MOD COLORED - CHICAGO - 1965- 1966

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THIS IS A NATIONAL HOMES  FLOOR PLAN MID CENTURY MOD  COLORED -   CHICAGO  - 1965- 1966
THIS IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION / TOTAL PAGES ARE 50 - ONE PAGE LOOSE #28 / THERE ARE 8 LOOSE PAGES THAT WHERE FROM SOMETHING ELSE NOT THIS BOOK (WE WILL INCLUDE THESE) TYPICAL SCHOOL , 1 & 2 STORY MOTEL , MULTI PURPOSE BUILDING, USA 3 & 4 BEDROOMS , 3 BED GREAT SOCIETY FROM THE 60'S ALSO.
THIS MEASURES 15 1/2 X 11". NATIONAL HOMES WAS FOUNDED IN THE 40'S . HEADQUARTERS LOCATED IN LAFAYETTE INDIANA. ALL PAGES ARE IN COLOR.
Founded in 1940, National Homes within 20 years had become the country`s largest manufacturer of prefabricated housing.
The early going was slow. From 1941 through 1945, National built 7,500 single-family houses for war-plant workers and army officers. After the war, production was converted to a line of houses for the civilian market ranging in price from ,000 to ,000.
In November, 1948, the company introduced its ''thrift line'' two bedroom houses that sold for ,150 plus lot, and business took off.
Demand among postwar buyers moving to the suburbs skyrocketed and so did National`s fortunes. With the addition of three- and four-bedroom models, the thrift line by 1950 accounted for 90 percent of the firm`s output.
The 100,000th National Home was built in 1956, the 250,000th in 1963. In 1960, the 200,000th house was shipped to northwest suburban steamwood and erected by Robert Alexander in his Woodland Heights subdivision, one of the most ambitious projects in the area at the time with a projected 6,000 houses. In 1961, National Homes even designed a special Chicago-area three bedroom model with 1,870 square feet of space and a basement, which Chicago buyers were demanding. Corporate officials hosted a gala at Woodland Heights to introduce the model.
National always had a special connection with Chicago. Through the 1950's,  60's and early 70's , the company had major subdivisions under construction in the Chicago suburbs.
The names may no longer be familiar, but they were synonymous with the suburban boom in their day-- Crystal Lake  Manor in Crystal Lake, Hampton Park in Romeoville , Bel Aire in Sauk Village, Cricket Hill in Matteson and Seasons 4 in Roselle.
The builders are no longer household names, either, but they constructed thousands of National Homes in the suburbs--L & H Builders of Mundelein, Morriss Dreyfuss in Streamwood, F & S Construction Co. in Sauk Village and Martin Braun in Orland Park.
Braun, who built 622 houses in Orland Park at 147th Street and Holly Court, at the time summed up the advantages of prefab housing, saying that it gave buyers the benefit of noted architects, skilled engineering and mass production economies.
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