“Within a generation, home building was transformed from a specialized craft into an industry. As new transit developments made commuting easier, speculators bought large tracts of farmland adjacent to the city and carved them into lots...Entrepreneurs developed kits that could be delivered to any railroad depot in the nation; no longer was it necessary for the home builder to be able even to cut his studs to the right size; that was done for him.” (127)

(Jackson, Kenneth T. Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Print.)