HOUSE BUILT IN A DAY.

Bruce Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 51, 28 June 1909, Page 3

HOUSE BUILT IN A DAY.

AN AMERICAN FEAT

Out in East St. Louis an attractive one-storey frame cottage has won considerable renown and will no doubt go clown in history as the house that was built in half a day. This feat was the result of a whim of a bride. A little before seven o'clock in the morning of a recent day the lot where the house was to be built was fdled with weeds and there was no lumber, stone or any other building material. As the whistles blew at seven o'clock, however, loads of material and hordes of workmen arrived at the corner of Harding ;ynd Forest streets and the work was begun. The contractor led the procession and ho was followed by 60 workmen, who represented all the trades required to construct the cottage. H : s greatest problem was to see that the men did not get in each other's way. This lie successfully managed somehow and through his perfect organisation no false move was made nor one minute of time wasted. At exactly seven o'clock in the evening—just 12 hours later—the 2000-dollar house was finished. It contains four rooms, a bathroom, a reception hall, a front porch and a back stoop. The walls were painted light green, with white trimmings. The foundation is of concrete blocks and its roof is pointed and of good architectural (lines. All the woodwork within and without is of cypress and the house really presents a taost attractive appearance,