The Home and Garage Over Time

Flashbacks THE HOME AND GARAGE OVER TIME 1920S: THE BEGINNINGS OF THE HOME GARAGE Early garages were separate from the home and looked like the traditional carriage houses that were used to house horses. 1921 Year that C.G. Johnson invented the overhead folding garage door 1 car for every 8 people living in the U.S. in 1923 13 MILLION 1923 Number of cars on Year that C.G. Johnson invented the garage door opener American roads in 1923 1940S-197OS: GARAGE INNOVATIONS In the 1940s, homeowners began to prefer attached garages that were integrated into the home's architecture. 540 1,200 SQUARE FEET SQUARE FEET Average size of a home garage in Average size of a U.S. home in 1960 1960 41% of homes built in 1950 had attached garages 1980S- PRESENT: THE MODERN GARAGE Garages are now an essential extension of the home and are used for a variety of activities. 45% of homeowners use their garage door as the primary entrance to their home 71% 165,000 of homeowners who have recently replaced their garage doors believe that it increased the value of Average number of garage sales in the U.S. each week their home 1998 Google Year that Google set up its first workspace in a home garage INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY Advanced Garage Door Austin's Sarage Door lepair www.advancedgd.com Sources: http://www.thehistoryof.net/the-history-of-garage-doors.html http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/nation/popclockest.txt http: times.cog.info/articles/Garage pdf .com/rtpages/20020822_garage.htm w.tracy: http://www.veteransunited.com/realestate/an-indoor-bathroom-fancy-comparing-homes-from-1960-to-today/ http://www.statisticbrain.com/garage-sale-statistics/ http://www.dasma.com/articles/feature/feature172.asp http://www.google.com/about/company/history/ http://www.statisticbrain.com/garage-sale-statistics/