The first model introduced in 1951, the
Levittowner was one story 3 bedrooms and
one bath. It came in 5 different styles.
The 1952 Levittowner
“Your home is no better than its
floor plan, so regardless of size, it
costs you no more to build one with a
good floor plan than an obsolete,
inefficient cracker box. It may cost you
considerably less, since good planning
means smart use of materials and labor.
On this plan note how the living room,
dining room, and kitchen-laundry flow
together. Note, too, that rooms don't
seem chopped up into tiny cubes,
although the house covers only 1,000
square feet, excluding the carport and
storage room.
You don't have to track through the
living room to reach any room in the
house. Privacy is realized with the
living room at the rear, high bedroom
windows, and the "rest area" separated
from the liveliest part of the house.
Soundproof sliding wall creates third
bedroom when closed. Open, room becomes
den. Panels, made of pressed wood chips,
slide in waxed wood tracks. There are
large closets in each bedroom. Seven big
closets make up for having no basement
or attic.
Here you see openness of
kitchen-dining- laundry area. Fireplace
is at right. Kitchen can be closed off
with basswood screen on ceiling track.
Draperies cover big window facing street
at left.
Groceries can be unloaded from
carport, entered at upper right. Living
room never doubles as passageway, can be
entered from garden or hall.
On gloomy days, fireplace is hub of
house. Garden is part of room on bright
days. The floor has asphalt tile on
radiant- heated concrete slab”
Alfred Levitt – Architect
(in Better Homes & Gardens 1952)
The Levittowner Model was built in
the following Levittown Sections:
Birch Valley
Blue Ridge
Crabtree Hollow
Deep Dale East
Deep Dale West
Dogwood Hollow
Elderberry Pond
Farmbrook
Goldenridge
Greenbrook
Indian Creek
Lakeside
Magnolia Hill
Oaktree Hollow
Orangewood
Pinewood
Stonybrook
Thornridge
Violetwood
Vermillion Hills
Whitewood
Willowood
Yellowood
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Here is the Gallery for the
Levittowner Model (click to
see larger image) |
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