1916
- Alameda
- Armeda
- Asherton
- Bellevue
- Birchwood
- Buena Vista
- Cadiz
- Conniston
- Cortez
- Don Louis
- Eldorado
- Essex
- La Platte
- La Veta
- Lucerne
- Monterey
- Muretta
- Palo Alto
- Pasadena
- Sacramento
- Salvador
- Santa Anna
- San Diego
- San Mateo
- San Palo
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Monica
- Sevilla
- Sierra
- Sterling
- Trevor
- Valencia
- Valeria
- Valois
- Wauneta
Lewis-Built Homes
1916 Book "A-6" of One Hundred Homes
Of
the homes shown in the 1916 catalog, the vast majority are bungalows. Not
surprising when you consider the appetite Americans exhibited for these
small, but very pretty houses.
Having recently taken the experience gleaned from its recent association with Aladdin, Lewis launched enthusiastically into the kit home market.
By forging alliances with mills across the US, Lewis was able to deliver its kit homes to various markets at reasonable cost. Shipping was included in the final price, so keeping freight as low as possible not only expanded the company's reach, but presumably afforded a profit margin. Shipping points in 1916 included Bay City, Michigan where the company was located as well as Seattle and Portland in the Pacific Northwest and Jacksonville, Florida and Bristol, Tennessee in the Southeast.
Sources
- Lewis Manufacturing Co. Lewis-Built Homes. 1916.
- Lewis Manufacturing. Antique Home Style.
- Arndt, Leslie E. The Bay County Story — From Foot Paths to Freeways. p. 182. See the The Aladdin Company. The Bay Journal. Jan. 2009.
- Bund, Sally Linville and Schweitzer, Robert. The House That Lewis Built - Lewis/Liberty Kit Homes. (PDF)
- Schweitzer, Robert and Michael W. R. Davis.America's
Favorite Homes. Wayne State University Press. 1990.
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