Download or read book Small Houses of the Forties written by Harold E. Group and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for families with "limited budgets but unlimited good taste," here are 56 floor plans and elevations of houses that originally cost less than $15,000 to build. Recommended by financial institutions of the era, they range from Colonials to Cape Cods. Architecture enthusiasts and restorers will value this flashback to a simpler time.