When did Garlinghouse start selling home plans?

A little more than a decade later, by the end of World War I, The Garlinghouse Company was publishing its growing collection of home plans and marketing books and brochures to lumber dealers across the nation. Lumber dealers then distributed the publications to prospective builders to win their business while Garlinghouse sold the blueprints.

What was Garlinghouse known for?

Soon Garlinghouse was publishing books and magazines on Southern homes, cottages, vacation homes, duplexes, garage apartment homes, and Cape Cod-style homes (many of the suburbs built just after World War II were populated with Capes—Levittown, on New York's Long Island, comes most prominently to mind).

What was building a new home like before Lewis Garlinghouse?

Before Lewis Garlinghouse came along, however, building a new home was quite a different proposition than it is today. New homes were designed either by architects, who specialized in one-of-a-kind home designs, or by builders, who worked from a set of hand-me-down plans that had been built, in one modified form or another, over and over again.

What is a country house plan?

Country house plans offer a relaxing, rural lifestyle regardless of where you intend to construct your new home. You can construct your country home within the city and still enjoy the feel of a rural setting right in the middle of town. Ranch house plans are ideal for homebuyers who prefer the laid-back kind of living.