Between 1933 and 1937, Arthurdale saw the construction of three different types of houses: fifty Hodsgon Houses in 1933-1934, seventy-five Wagner Houses in 1935, and forty Stone Houses in 1936-1937. Because Mrs. Roosevelt advocated rural electrification, each home was fully electrified. All of the homes had indoor plumbing, coal-fired furnaces, and refrigerators. Each homestead included farm plots of about four acres, and homesteaders were chosen for their farming background or their ability to learn those skills. An average plot might include an acre of wheat, several types of fruit, and a garden, while the remaining acreage would have been planted in forage crops for livestock.