Bennett's Small House Catalog, 1920

by Inc. Ray H. Bennett Lumber Co.

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Bennett's
Small House Catalog
1920

Ray H. Bennett Lumber Co., Inc.

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Dear Friend,

We send this catalog to you with just one thought in mind, Service. As you turn the pages and study the various houses, remember that we are planning and building for YOU. No trouble is too great, no detail too small, if by personal consideration and supervision we can provide you with your ideal home.

Our architects have studied the requirement of comfortable, convenient, up-to-date houses. In the designs shown in this catalog, you will find embodied their ideas—the results of considering the greatest convenience at the least cost.

Not only do we supply you with blue prints of the house you select, but our special service department is ready to assist you in your interior decorating. Then too, our service department can give you any information you require in regard to the erection of your house.

You naturally will want to know the approximate cost of erecting the house of your choice, the cost of the mason work, plumbing, lighting, heating, etc. This we shall be glad to furnish you, if you will write to us for such information.

In buying a Bennett Home, you are really gratifying your individual tastes. You have infinite choice of designs, any of which can be slightly or moderately altered. You can choose your own color for outside paint and inside finish. Cupboards and closets of convenient size and situation, bay windows, French doors, fire places, stairways, colonnades,—all these are yours to command.

We have already selected for you the best framing materials, lumber and hardware. The little touches that make the home and radiate the personality of the owners—these we leave to your individual choice.

It is YOUR home that you are to build, and we offer you our assistance and co-operation.

Cordially Yours,

RAY H. BENNETT LUMBER CO., INC.

JAS|RN

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PRICES OF BENNETT HOMES DECEMBER 1, 1921
PRICES ARE NET F. O. B. CARS NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.
DELIVERED PRICES QUOTED ON REQUEST.
TERMS: Net Cash with Order.

TERMS:

1. Cash with Order. 5% discount from gross amount allowed when Cash in full is sent with order, or

2. 25% Cash with Order. Balance sight draft with order bill of lading attached. No discount from gross amount allowed under these terms.

WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION OR MONEY BACK.

Name	Page	Gross	5% Cash Discount	Net
Aberdeen, Plan A	[30]	$1944.78	$ 97.23	$1847.55
Aberdeen, Plan B	[30]	2418.89	120.94	2297.95
Arcadia, Plan A	[31]	1610.33	80.51	1529.82
Arcadia, Plan B	[31]	1907.57	95.37	1812.20
Atherton	[32]	2481.17	124.05	2357.12
Auburn, Plan A	[56]	1074.09	53.70	1020.39
Auburn, Plan B	[56]	1273.94	63.69	1210.25
Avon	[10]	2940.28	147.00	2793.28
Beverly, Plan A	[60]	1142.60	57.13	1085.47
Beverly, Plan B	[60]	1224.00	61.20	1162.80
Bison	[22]	2342.62	117.13	2225.49
Bryant	[12]	2465.12	123.25	2341.87
Charlotte, Plan B	[11]	3184.52	159.22	3025.30
Clarendon	[39]	3345.17	167.25	3177.92
Cleo	[26]	2313.83	115.69	2198.14
Cloverdale, Plan A	[55]	1380.97	69.04	1311.93
Cloverdale, Plan B	[55]	1519.36	75.96	1443.40
Concord, Reg.	[61]	1317.45	65.87	1251.58
Concord, Plan B	[61]	1585.31	79.26	1506.05
Colonial	[44]	4243.05	212.15	4030.90
Delaware, Plan A	[58]	1747.45	87.37	1660.08
Delaware, Plan B	[58]	1949.84	97.49	1852.35
Dover, Reg.	[50]	2120.89	106.04	2014.85
Dover, Plan B	[50]	2275.89	113.79	2162.10
Emerson	[62]	1697.23	84.86	1612.37
Erie	[45]	2281.00	114.05	2166.95
Flanders	[35]	2024.85	101.24	1923.61
Forsyth	[38]	3049.37	152.46	2896.91
Franklin	[17]	2550.71	127.53	2423.18
Frederick	[46]	3669.70	183.48	3486.22
Fulton	[25]	2552.78	127.63	2425.15
Genesee	[41]	2202.63	110.13	2092.50
Hamilton	[24]	2994.63	149.73	2844.90
Harriet	[33]	2776.88	138.84	2638.04
Hartley	[43]	2753.12	137.65	2615.47
Harvard	[14]	2071.13	103.55	1967.58
Ideal	[23]	2654.70	132.73	2521.97
Ilion	[13]	2440.36	122.01	2318.35
Janis	[40]	3088.00	154.40	2933.60
Kenmore, Plan A	[54]	804.91	40.24	764.67
Kenmore, Plan B	[54]	1039.82	51.99	987.83
Lancaster	[34]	2905.94	145.29	2760.65
La Salle	[21]	3076.84	153.84	2923.00
Lawton, Plan A	[53]	1647.97	82.39	1565.58
Lawton, Plan B	[53]	1825.67	91.28	1734.39
Lincoln	[16]	2849.67	142.48	2707.19
Madison	[66]	2510.10	125.50	2384.60
Maidstone, Plan A	[52]	1131.47	56.57	1074.90
Maidstone, Plan B	[52]	1386.96	69.34	1317.62
Monroe	[59]	2100.69	105.03	1995.66
Nelson	[47]	1728.63	86.43	1642.20
New Hartford	[19]	2185.30	109.26	2076.04
Niagara	[20]	2459.91	122.99	2336.92
Olean	[42]	2012.08	100.60	1911.48
Ontario	[64]	2051.56	102.57	1948.99
Potomac	[18]	3124.68	156.23	2968.45
Raymond	[15]	2305.83	115.29	2190.54
Richard	[48]	2045.57	102.27	1943.30
Rochester	[49]	2340.15	117.00	2223.15
Salem	[28]	2538.93	126.94	2411.99
Shamrock, Plan A	[57]	1124.27	56.21	1068.06
Shamrock, Plan B	[57]	1429.11	71.45	1357.66
Sherrill, Plan A	[51]	1551.68	77.58	1474.10
Sherrill, Plan B	[51]	1898.22	94.91	1803.31
Stanley	[65]	1230.88	61.54	1169.34
Tremont	[67]	4051.07	202.55	3848.52
Waverly	[63]	2006.09	100.30	1905.79
Woodward	[29]	1723.77	86.18	1637.59
York	[27]	1914.00	95.60	1818.40
SUMMER COTTAGES, Pages [68-69]
Wenona	[68]	$842.07	$42.10	$799.97
Newport	[68]	786.86	39.34	747.52
Ivernia	[69]	702.34	35.11	667.23
Linwood	[69]	800.36	40.01	760.35
GARAGES, Pages [69-70]
Buick	10 × 14	$170.12	$ 8.50	$161.62
Buick	10 × 16	182.48	9.12	173.36
Buick	12 × 16	196.45	9.82	186.63
Buick	12 × 18	210.21	10.51	199.70
Buick	12 × 20	217.08	10.85	206.23
Cadillac	18 × 16	275.84	13.79	262.05
Cadillac	18 × 18	293.09	14.65	278.44
Cadillac	18 × 20	306.98	15.34	291.64
Cadillac	20 × 18	306.98	15.34	291.64
Cadillac	20 × 20	325.52	16.27	309.25
Cadillac	27 × 20	417.76	20.88	396.88
Hudson	10 × 14	169.83	8.49	161.34
Hudson	10 × 16	181.72	9.08	172.64
Hudson	12 × 16	199.97	9.99	189.98
Hudson	12 × 18	208.73	10.43	198.30
Hudson	14 × 16	212.73	10.63	202.10
Hudson	14 × 18	226.63	10.33	215.30
Peerless	18 × 16	288.10	14.40	273.70
Peerless	18 × 18	301.76	15.08	286.68
Peerless	18 × 20	315.26	15.76	299.50
Peerless	20 × 18	315.26	15.76	299.50
Peerless	20 × 20	327.42	16.37	311.05
Bennett Special	8 × 12	90.94	4.54	86.40
Bennett Special	8 × 14	97.61	4.88	92.73
Bennett Special	8 × 16	110.18	5.50	104.68
Bennett Special	10 × 12	99.22	4.96	94.26
Bennett Special	10 × 14	109.25	5.46	103.79
Bennett Special	10 × 16	122.23	6.11	116.12

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This book is the story, in word and picture, of actual homes proven by living people to be Beautiful, Practical, Substantial. ¶ The designs and plans are the final creations, after years of study and experience, of Foremost American Authorities on Home Architecture and Construction. ¶ Economy is the controlling thought in these plans—not economy that merely cheapens but that which eliminates all unnecessary costs without sacrifice of appearance, strength or utility. ¶ Bennett Homes are truly Better-Built—better to look at, better to live in and better to last.

CATALOG No. 18
Copyright 1920 by

ESTABLISHED 1902

INDEX

	Page
Bennett Advantages,	[7]
Bennett Economies,	[4-7]
Bennett Method,	[4-7]
Bennett Plant,	[1]
Cellars,	[9]
Chimneys,	[9]
Colonnades,	[36-37]
Decorating Service,	Inside Back Cover
Doors,	[36-37]
Double Home,	[46-67]
Duplex Home,	[46-67]
Economies,	[4-7]
Foundation Plans,	[9]
French Doors,	[36-37]
Garages,	[69-70]
Buick
Hudson
Peerless
Cadillac
Bennett Special,	[69]
Guarantee,	Order Form
Hardware,	[36-37]
Heating,	[71-72]
History—Home Building,	[3]
Houses, 10-35 and	[38-67]
Aberdeen,	[30]
Arcadia,	[31]
Atherton,	[32]
Auburn,	[56]
Avon,	[10]
Beverly,	[60]
Bison,	[22]
Bryant,	[12]
Charlotte,	[11]
Clarendon,	[39]
Cleo,	[26]
Cloverdale,	[55]
Concord,	[61]
Colonial,	[44]
Delaware,	[58]
Dover,	[50]
Emerson,	[62]
Erie,	[45]
Flanders,	[35]
Forsyth,	[38]
Franklin,	[17]
Frederick,	[46]
Fulton,	[25]
Genesee,	[41]
Hamilton,	[24]
Harriet,	[33]
Hartley,	[43]
Harvard,	[14]
Ideal,	[23]
Ilion,	[13]
Janis,	[40]
Kenmore,	[54]
Lancaster,	[34]
LaSalle,	[21]
Lawton,	[53]
Lincoln,	[16]
Madison,	[66]
Maidstone,	[52]
Monroe,	[59]
Nelson,	[47]
New Hartford,	[19]
Niagara,	[20]
Olean,	[42]
Ontario,	[64]
Potomac,	[18]
Raymond,	[15]
Richard,	[48]
Rochester,	[49]
Salem,	[28]
Shamrock,	[57]
Sherrill,	[51]
Stanley,	[65]
Tremont,	[67]
Waverly,	[63]
Woodward,	[29]
York,	[27]
Kitchen Cabinets,	[36-37]
Landscape Service,	Inside Back Cover
Lighting,	[71-72]
Linen Closet,	[36-37]
Lock Sets,	[36-37]
Masonry,	[9]
Medicine Cabinet,	[36-37]
Mirror Door,	[36-37]
Paints,	[9]
Plaster,	[9]
Plumbing,	[71-72]
Prices,	with letter
References,	[2]
Reverse Plans,	[8]
Specifications—general,	[8-9]
Specifications—detail, with each home
Stairways,	[36-37]
Summer Cottages,	[68-69]
Wenona
Newport
Ivernia
Linwood
Two Family Home,	[46-67]
Trim—interior,	[36-37]
Wardrobe,	[36-37]
Windows,	[36-37]

"Home-keeping hearts are happiest;
For those who wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best."
—Longfellow

The first home was purposely built beside the "Sacred Fire".

The story runs that fire came as a gift from the Gods to Man. And so heavenly seemed its qualities of beauty, light and warmth, that Man reverenced it—ceased wandering and built his abode around its glowing radiance.

Through the ages—from the rugged cave, the rough tent of animal skins, the crude log cabin, down to the Home Beautiful of To-day—home building has been the strong primal instinct. Men have practiced all the pursuits of peace and war for those things for which home stands—love, family, hospitality, security, worship. Indeed, the home building spirit is the very backbone of civilization. Intelligent, thoughtful men always desire their families to live the home life, because they know that the best of physical, mental and moral powers are developed under home's benign influence.

Almost the first thought of the Pilgrims after they had landed on America's new shores was of a home. And so immediately they built themselves sturdy houses of the straight-shafted pine trees that stood everywhere about the rugged shores. And some of these homes are still standing, amazing testimony to the vigor and endurance of wood.

Today, more than ever before, people are seriously considering how they shall live. They realize that the dwelling place has a marked influence upon living and character—that the inspiration of home, next to religion, is the greatest in life.

Perforce, many must live part of their lives in the rented house. But however desirable, no family can ever acquire quite that deep-seated love and interest for, nor have the incentive to adorn and beautify, a dwelling place for which they pay toll to a landlord. But when the place which shelters the family belongs to them, when they know that every thought and every dollar they put into it is a permanent investment which pays big dividends in the family happiness and contentment—then that place, however lowly or humble, becomes truly a home. Naturally then, the tendency is strongly toward the owned private home.

The dainty cottage—the inviting semi-bungalow—the comfortable Colonial—the cosy story-and-a-half—these are the leading types of homes to-day. And when there is built into them that particular beauty, and those conveniences—modern sanitation, lighting, ventilation and heating—that will suit the taste of the individual family, their mode of living and their pocketbook—then indeed does the dwelling place become "a thing of beauty and a joy forever".

Bennett Homes, Better-Built and Ready-Cut, satisfy every desire and every need of home-lovers—for the dwelling-place which shall possess charm, convenience and endurance to the greatest extent consistent with the desired investment.

A Better-Built idea—routing (instead of cleating) stair-stringers for fine workmanship, and accurate fit.