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EATON HOUSE PLANS All our plans have been prepared by men who have had many years’ experience in designing both city and country homes and who are familiar with the conditions and requirements of the Western Home Builder. Our idea of producing these plans is to enable our customers to build with
Dec 24, 2015 · Eaton Houses were made for Western Canada, and most of the houses are found on farms. They had dozens of different models but the most popular was the Earlsfield — a 1-½ storey house with a double Gambrel (we say hip) roof.
The catalogue advertised free plan books that gave complete details about the houses: an artist's sketch, floor plan, and information on lumber, doors, windows, flooring, and hardware. Few of the plan books exist today because they were distributed free of charge.
Winning the Prairie Gamble features partial replicas of a home plan ordered through the Eaton’s catalogue – the Earlsfield model, the most popular style built on the prairies during the late teens and early 1920s.
Jun 12, 2009 · Eaton Catalogue Homes. From the early 1900's until the late 1930's, catalogue homes were very popular in rural western Canada. The T. Eaton Company was one of several companies that provided plan books and drew plans for houses.
Nov 22, 2017 · In Western Canada T. Eaton Co. Ltd. was the big actor, and was in the mail order house business from 1910 to 1932. These houses were only advertised through the Winnipeg Catalogue not in Toronto or Moncton. Many catalogue houses are described as Eatons when they in fact came from other companies.
Nov 17, 2021 · A single mother on a farm north of Arcola, Sask., received an inheritance from a relative in the United States and used the windfall to build a catalogue house. The excellent oat crop of 1918 built an Eaton’s Eardsley near St. Walburg, Sask.
A century-old farmhouse holds many special memories for one family. Courtesy Kayla Bolink. The original advertisement in the Eaton’s catalogue. I was born and raised on the family farm near Monarch, Alberta.
Dec 11, 2020 · The Eaton’s catalogue was a trend setter, filled with the stuff that dreams are made of. It offered the latest fashion and the newest technology for everyone from the housewife to the farmer to the soldiers serving in WWII.
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Eaton’s Mail Order and Catalogue Building / City Place Building (333 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg) This brick building on St. Mary Avenue in Winnipeg was built in two parts to accommodate the mail order business of T. Eaton & Company .
