Zone 2 - Community Interests Zone
The Town of Tomorrow
Fifteen Demonstration Homes, exemplifying the proper use of nationally available materials, equipment and methods for home building or home modernization.
The 1939 World's Fair guide books listed the average home price of around $20,000 while the 1940 Guide Book gave a price range from $3,000 to $35,000. The arrangement of the Demonstration Homes was not intended to represent a model community plan.
Inside each home was a room which held an exhibit of "hidden" materials that were used in the building of the particular house. On display were free-standing sections of walls, roofs and floors showing their construction including sheathing, insulation and special structural systems.
The Houses
House # 1 - The Dual Duty House: A practical type of small home where each room, even the garage, has more than one use. Architect: Henry S. Churchill - View the Handout Cover for House 1
House # 2 - The House of Plywood: A home for three built along functional lines brings ownership within arms length of small incomes. Architect: A. Lawrence Kocher - View the Handout Cover for House 2
House # 3 - The Brides Home: This home has everything just a few steps away and easy to handle. Architects: Landefeld & Hatch - View the Handout Cover for House 3
House # 8 - The New England Home. Two story, five-room (two bath) house of traditional Colonial design. Architect: Cameron Clark. - View the Handout Cover for House 8
House # 10 - House of Vistas: A two-story terraced house with flat roof and exterior stairs leading to the garden. Perhaps the most modern of the fifteen homes exhibited at the Fair. Furnishings by John Wanamaker. Architect: Verner Walter Johnson. - View the Handout Cover for House 10
House # 4 - The Pittsburgh House of Glass: You get many ideas on how to use glass in the home, whether bungalow or mansion. Architects: Landerffeld & Hatch - View the Handout Cover for House 4
House # 5 - The Small House of Brick: Designed for simplified living for a family with a limited budget and to meet minimum FHA requirements. Architect: George D. Conner - View the Handout Cover for House 5
House # 6 - The Small House of Wood: This house shows how the average American family of moderate income can get more house for its money. Of wood, it is within financial range of seven out of ten families. Architects: Evans, Moore, and Woodbridge. - View the Handout Cover for House 6
House # 13 -The Garden Home: A five-room, two story house designed for families with a budgeted income. Special features include a conservatory which can be viewed from the living room and dining room, and a circular staircase. The only demonstration home of the New York World's Fair designed by a woman architect. Furnishings by James McCreery & Co. Architect: Verna Cook Salomonsky - View the Handout Cover for House 13
House # 13 -The Garden Home: A five-room, two story house designed for families with a budgeted income. Special features include a conservatory which can be viewed from the living room and dining room, and a circular staircase. The only demonstration home of the New York World's Fair designed by a woman architect. Furnishings by James McCreery & Co. Architect: Verna Cook Salomonsky - View the Handout Cover for House 13
House #15 - The Triple Insulate Home: A Long Island Colonial adaptation with twentieth century protection against, fire, weather and wear. Architects: Goodwin, thompson & Patterson - View the Handout Cover for House 15
House #16 - The Kelvin Home: A bit of New England in a new world atmosphere of air conditioning and electric elf. Architect: Electus D. Litchfield - View the Handout Cover for House 16
House #17 - The Celotex Home: A practical Application of insulation from roofing to exterior walls Architects: Henry Otis Chapman, Jr. and Harold W. Beder - View the Handout Cover for House 17
House #18 -The Electric Home: Electric servants take over household tasks in a house plugged to an outlet. Architect: James W. O'Connor - View the Handout Cover for House 18
House #19 - The Fire Safe Home: Good construction with fire-resisting materials is emphasized as vital for life and property protection. Architect: Perry M. Duncan - View the Handout Cover for House 19
House # 21 - The Motor Home: A two-car garage becomes an attractive recreation room merely by putting the cars in the driveway. Architects: Adams & Prentice - View the Handout Cover for House 21