1950s: Carports - From Gatsby to Mad Men: Home decor through the decades
Price: $289,900 Beds and baths: 2 and 1.5
Millions of ex-service members settled down to raise families in the 1950s. The big challenge, however, was to find affordable housing.
Simple designs repeated many times over in vast housing developments helped keep costs low. Many homes were built with carports, which provided some of the advantages of http://www.bedspe.co.za/ a full garage but at lower expense.
In addition to its carport, this cozy Cape Cod in Suffolk, Va., built in 1950, has some nice touches like the screened-in porch, eat-in kitchen, window seats and skylights.
The setting is a plus. It's on a three-quarter-acre lot on the Nansemond River, with access to the lower Chesapeake Bay. The yard has a deck and a boardwalk to the boat dock, which is set up with a fish cleaning station.
For further information: Trulia
Millions of ex-service members settled down to raise families in the 1950s. The big challenge, however, was to find affordable housing.
Simple designs repeated many times over in vast housing developments helped keep costs low. Many homes were built with carports, which provided some of the advantages of http://www.bedspe.co.za/ a full garage but at lower expense.
In addition to its carport, this cozy Cape Cod in Suffolk, Va., built in 1950, has some nice touches like the screened-in porch, eat-in kitchen, window seats and skylights.
The setting is a plus. It's on a three-quarter-acre lot on the Nansemond River, with access to the lower Chesapeake Bay. The yard has a deck and a boardwalk to the boat dock, which is set up with a fish cleaning station.
For further information: Trulia
