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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1959)
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, JTTNE 7, 1959 THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK The Famous Splitnik: U.S. Hoinrie Goes to AAoscow Foiiir By DAVID L. BOWEN House of the Week offers an en tirely new kind of opportunity to day: If you build this design you wilt have a home that ha; PAGE SIX made and may make more in ternational history. X 61 is a Cold War celebrity the "typically American" three- bedroom ranch that is being put up in Russia as a star attraction in the American National Exhibition opening July 25 in Sokolniki Park of Moscow. The designer is Stanley H. Klein a Long Island, New York, archi tect whose plans have been f o I- Jowed in thousands of developmen homes. He was asked to design the house for an average middle class family, holding the cost to around $12,000, not including land basement or garage. The Russian news agency Tass already has paid unwitting tribut to the skill of architect and builu er, charging that "there is no more truth in showing this as the typical house of the American worke than, say, in showing the Taj Ma ha as the typical home of a Bom bay textile worker, or Buckingham Palace as the typical home of an English miner." In addition to confounding the Russian propagandists, who appar enlly are apprehensive over the possible impact of the exhibit on the poorly housed Russian public the design should have wide ap peal here at home because it was so carefully aimed at the average American family. The building firm chosen by the State Department to select and construct a typical American home at Moscow, All-State Properties. Inc., has the identical model fo aale with completely improve! quarter-acre lot is a Commack. mm 'l l.. i... ." i , urn u ." "' w-'Wji J COLD WAR CELEBRITY: Here's an artist's rendering of the "typically American" home which will be a star at traction at the American exhibition in Moscow this summer. The ranch has three bedrooms, Long Island, development for $14,- 490. Available on 30-year mort gages, the homes in Commack can De purchased by a veteran with no down payment and monthly carry- ng charges of about $101. Company officials maintain that the house, with no basement or garage and exclusive ot land should sell for $11,000 to $13,00-1 anywhere in the United States. When erected in Russia, the house will have a 10-foot wide cor ridor splitting it down the center. This is to permit all of the esti mated 3'i million Russian visitors to see the interior, which will be furnished by Macy's on a retail budget of $5,000. The corridor also has given the home its popula name: the Splitnik. - If custom built in the United States, the house " would prob ably have a garage (few private citizens in Russia own cars) and 44' 0" . BEDROOM 1 U'6" IV" iAUNDRY AND STOWAGE Tm3 r" BEDROOM t 138" 10' Hill ec o bedroom S ,10' X 4' KITCHEN I 10'" I mi'" I BIN INS I LIVING. ROOM 20 13' 8" NO BASEMENT VERSION: Laundry is placed in a small room added to the kitchen when the house it built on a slab. baths and covers 1,144 square feet. The builder says that without land, basement or garage, the house should sell for $11,000 to $13,000 anywhere in the United States. I'i I -67' 0" . BFDROOM 1 Tl, 1 KITCHEN . 0ININ0 . 1 . O I 5 0 tlWtTTT I 8 DOWN Mil JREEZEWAY CAR AGE ' t3ii uvwe room I BEDROOM 2 11 20' X 13'p", S 13'8" x lO'l 1 tin cn t I I I BEDROOM 3 L I rr"iio x 9' Ts I I ' X-61 ,: ' . WITH BASEMENT. BREEZEWAY AND GARAGE: Here's how the home would be laid out to provide basement and garage. Note the generous master bedroom and big entertain ment area. might have a basement. At the re quest of House of the Week, the architect has worked up these al ternate versions. So much for background, here's the house: The main entrance brings the visitor into a modest foyer set apart from the remainder of the living room by a coat closet. Th; living and dining rooms are laid out in the familiar "L" shape, with the kitchen in between and handy to both. A three-pane picture window gives the living room an open feeling and - sliding glass doors lead to the terrace or breezeway at right. Jn the no basement ver sion, a laundry and storage room is put off the kitchen, creating kitchen vestibule. The laundry goes downstairs in the basement ver rv i j CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LUXURY: Artist's view looks from dining room into living room. The furniture shown here hat been selected by Macy's for the Russian exhibit and - hat already been denounced in Russia as "too luxurious" for the average American. Furn iture for the entire house, counters Macy's, has a retail value of $5,000. sion and wide windows are put in the rear dining room wall. With counters and kitchen appli ances in an "L" shape, there is plenty of room in the kitchen for a dinette table. The three bedrooms are arranged along a core hall with the family bath conveniently located to dou ble as a guest lavatory. Bedroom three is the only one without dou ble exposure. The other two are corner rooms, with windows high enough to permit any desired fur niture arrangement. The mastei bedroom has its own lavatory, and a large wardrobe closet. In the basement version, a stair way is located between the two front rooms at the end of the bed room hall. The basement would provide space for laundry, hobby and shop space, and a big recrea tion room. In the no basement ver-' sion, the heater would be located in the stairwell space. With no garage, the house meas ures 26 by 44 feet. Garage and breezeway extend the width to tl feet. Habitable area is 1,144 square feet, with 252 additional in t h e breezeway and 231 in the garage. Send this coupon for your STUDY PLAN YOU CAN GET a study plan for The House ol The Week by filling in your name and address on the coupon on this page and sending it with 35 cents to this newspaper. This study plan shows each floor of the house together with each of the four elevations, front, rear and sides of the house. It is scaled at It-inch per foot It includes a guide on "How to Get Your House Built" - , You can take this study plan to your bank oi other mortgage lender and to your builder and get rough estimates on the cost of construction in this area, as well as an idea of the cost in relation to your budget. With this information you win know whether you will want to proceed with construction by order ing working blueprints direct from the architect and asking for bids for the work. STUDY PLAN ORDER COUPON Building Editor: Enclosed is 35 cents. Please send me a copy ot the study1 plan of The House of The Week X-el (feme erietl
