“There are so many people that like the simple symmetrical lines of the little Cape Cod house. Frankly quaint, cozy and unafraid, this little house sits behind its wall and picket fence giving built-in privacy.” Illustration from Royal Barry Wills, Living on the Level: One Story Houses (1954).
A CLEAN BREAK: ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM
HOME SWEET HOME: DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
HOW THEY LIVED: THE LIVING ROOM
THE WOMAN’S REALM: THE KITCHEN, FOOD AND ENTERTAINING
THE GOOD LIFE: 1950S AMERICAN STYLE
Levittown was to be called “Island Trees,” but the development, which was built on flat potato fields, had few surviving trees.