Features: * In the late 1800s and early 1900s many mining and railroad companies built company towns using groups of standard plan houses. New $44.63. This provided local, convenient, affordable housing for their employees. Many of these homes can still be seen in ex-company towns throughout the country. * A larger single family design than house #1, this plan is the designed for a larger family or group. It has four bedrooms upstairs with a kitchen, dining room and living room with a separate entrance hall downstairs.