Mid Century Modern Home

North Kingstown, Rhode Island

LOCATION:
 No. Kingstown, Rhode Island

ARCHITECT:
 Conrad E. Green

 OWNERS:
  Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Crosby 
 
COST FACTS:
$4,000 in 1949, exclusive of water supply system, cesspool and plumbing fixtures. The pump pit with pressure tank and electrical pump and other plumbing items mentioned above came to about $1,000.

MATERIALS:
Wood panel system supporting plank roof; oak vertical boarding on exterior.

 PLAN FACTS:
Originally the Crosbys, who have two children, contemplated purchasing a small prefabricated house which they would assemble themselves and for which they would have to provide utilities.

Instead, however, they turned to architect Conrad Green to design a summer cottage for them which would more adequately fill the space requirements but be sufficiently economical to compete in price with the prefabricated house; also they realized that a. custom-designed house would better satisfy the dictates of the site.

The resulting house compares favorably with the prefabricated price which would have provided none of the amenities and would have had only about 75% of the floor area.

The exposed framework leaves spaces which provide handy shelves, used to advantage primarily in the kitchen, bedrooms and bathroom. The house plan is as simple and direct as the construction system.

ECONOMIES:
Panel wall construction; few partitions.

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