Aladdin "Built in a Day" House Catalog, 1917

by Aladdin Company

Designs for 60 homes, from a simple four-room cottage with a front porch to a comfortable two-story home with four bedrooms, a reception hall, and pantry. Shown in landscaped exteriors, floor plans, and overhead cutaway views. With detailed commentaries on each design.

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Marisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aladdin homes are definitely among of my favorites.They make such wonderful use of small spaces. Of course some of the houses , such as the "New Eden", are just absurdly small.Still, they are fabulous and solid homes.I wonder if any building company today would offer a "dollar a knot" guarantee for their lumber!Hah!

[Josephine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've collected several of Dover's reproduction of house plans--Victorian and early twentieth century styles. But this is a charming one, aimed at people who didn't have a lot of money, and the plans do make good use of space. (I suspect that a number of homes in my neighborhood were based on these; they're built in about the right time period.)

[Mark Einselen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not all "built in a day" homes came from Sears. This Dover book is full of plans and images and great fun to go back and imagine what was possible back when housing prices were made attainable by compact designs before "pre-fab" was a thing.