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A Charming Little Home Designed For The S….

November 25, 1928
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser
Detroit, Michigan, United States
A column from the Interior Decoration Department home series describing the Blackstone house.
The Blackstone

Built Miller Stormor< br />
In Blackstone Park
For the lovely Stormfeltz Lovely Co.
Be sure and see the Blackstone today! And drive through its neighborhood- the fast building up College Park district, one of Detroit's latest wonder developments!

The Blackstone- third in the series of Detroit News Model Homes-will give you a new standard of home building values! Read carefully the details of construction on the opposite page. This homes, with its five large rooms on the first floor, its two bedrooms and bath above, can be duplicated for only $7,450.
Attendants will be present to show you the property and to give you desired information without obligation.

In making this modest but substantial home as near perfection as possible, the Miller Storm Company not only has lived up to its own high standards of performance but has faithfully carried out the traditions for the Stormfeltz Lovely Company, which, for a quarter of a century, has aided in building up every section of Detroit and has always been associated only with enterprise of the highest character.

The Blackstone- complete and desirable yet inexpensive, stand in a neighborhood beautiful, Palmer Park and Detroit Golf Club, the Redford Golf Course, and many other recreational facilities. Within walking distance is the Detroit Country Day School and the Detroit Riding and Hunt Club. And next year, the Board of Education schools in the immediate vicinity of the Blackstone.

This plan of building a home complete on one of its own carefully chosen subdivisions, marks an innovation in the business policy of the Stormfeltz Lovely Company, which has sold millions of dollars worth of building lots and has never sponsored a subdivision that did not greatly increase value. Quite natural they selected this charming economical little English bungalow as their first offering, and entrusted its construction to leading home builders, the Miller Storm company.

Not For Sale

The Blackstone has been sold. You won't be surprised at that when you see the home and its location! Your invitation to visit the home, therefore, is extended through the courtesy of its owners, Mrs. And Mr. Herbert L Adcock.

A large living Room for This Size House
Located at Snowden Avenue Near Coolidge Highway and Seven Mild Road. It Can be Seen Today

By Edith B. Crumb

Adapted from the English type this charming little home is especially suited to the average width lot and is designed primarily for the small family. It is one of those exceptions in small class homes that has distinct attractiveness, good architecture and a convenient interior, yet may be built at moderate cost.

For those who are seeking an economical home, not only from the standpoint of building cost but from ease is heating and minimum up keep expense, and do not require too much actual living space, this plan is worth considering.

Its four walls are built of brick up to the belt line and the gables are stucco with English trim. Buildings of this type have a faculty of fitting into almost any surroundings. Whether it be in a quiet street of more pretentious homes, the suburban development or alongside a country road this type of home properly landscaped and dressed with flowers and vines instantly calls itself to ones attention.

This house is the third of the series of homes being presented by the Detroit News department in connection with a number of the leading subdivisions of Detroit.

It is located at 836 Snowden avenue in the Stormfeltz-Lovely Company Blackstone Park Subdivision, just east of Coolidge Highway and south of the Seven Mild road. The house is all completed, full decorated and open for inspection today by those who may be interested.

Here is the description of the decoration scheme used in the home and suggestions as to how it might be furnished:

Living Room:

Woodwork, finished in a rich walnut effect, walls, given in a rough plaster surface and finished in dark parchment color, floor covering, flat weave and rough plaster surface and finished in a dark parchment color, floor covering, flat weave linen rug un medium green shade window treatment draw curtains, of silk and wool casement cloth in an ecru color, furniture sofa with slip covering of black chintz, one Windsor armchair, table desk with hanging bookshelf over this, gate log table, single ladder-back chair, easy chair with covering of striped frieze in colors to harmonize with the slip cover material, pair of end tables, magazine rack, bridge lamp, table lamp, over mantel decorations to be mirror with wrought iron frame, electric fixtures to be equipped with shades of plain parchment.

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.

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