REGISTRATION NO. 33-

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM S-8
                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                         THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                         CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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             INDIANA                        35-1880120
- ---------------------------------  -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction          (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)  Identification No.)
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                          9202 North Meridian Street
                          Indianapolis, Indiana  46260
                   (Address of principal executive offices)

                         CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.
                         401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                           (Full title of the plan)

                              John B. Scheumann
                                 Chairman and
                           Chief Executive Officer
                          9202 North Meridian Street
                        Indianapolis, Indiana  46260
                   (Name and address of agent for service)

                                (317) 843-9514
        (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                  Copies to:

                               Steven K. Humke
                          Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan
                        One American Square, Box 82001
                         Indianapolis, Indiana 46282

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                                  Proposed       Proposed
 Title of                         Maximum        Maximum
Securities         Amount         Offering       Aggregate    Amount of
  to be            to be          Price          Offering     Registra-
Registered         Registered     Per Share(1)   Price(1)     tion Fee(1)
- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -----------  ------------

Common Shares,     47,619 Shares  $       21.00  $ 1,000,000  $        345
without par value

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(1) The registration fee has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
    (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 based upon the average of the high
    and low sale prices for the Common Shares on May 28, 1996.

(2) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
    this  registration  statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
    interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
    described herein.
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The  Index  to  Exhibits  is  located at page 3 in the sequential numbering
system.

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                            CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET

                 BETWEEN ITEMS IN FORM S-8 AND THE PROSPECTUS
                   PURSUANT TO REGULATION S-K, ITEM 501(B)

ITEM  NUMBER                                                        PROSPECTUS
CAPTIONS


<C>    <S>                                  <C>

1(a).   General Plan Information            Background of Your Plan;
                                            Miscellaneous Information
                                            Administrative Information
1(b).   Securities to be Offered            Investing the Contributions
1(b).   Employees Who May Participate       Participation
        in the Plan
1(d).   Purchase of Securities Pursuant to  Participation; Making Your
        Plan and Payment for Securities     Contributions; Company
        Offered                             Contributions; Investing
                                            the Contributions;
                                            Miscellaneous Information
1(e).   Resale Restrictions                 Not Applicable
1(f).   Tax Effects of Plan Participation   Background of Your Plan; Making
                                            Your Contributions; Applying for
                                            a Benefit
1(g).   Investment of Funds                 Investing the Contributions
1(h).   Withdrawal from the Plan;           Retiring Under the Plan; Death
        Assignment of Interest              Benefits Under the Plan; Leaving
                                            Employment Before Retirement;
                                            Applying for a Benefit; In-Service
                                            Withdrawals and Loans;
                                            Miscellaneous Information
1(i).   Forfeitures and Penalties           Vesting and Service
1(j).   Charges and Deductions and          Miscellaneous Information
        Liens Therefor
2.      Registrant Information and          Available Information
        Employee Plan Annual
        Information

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                                   FORM S-8

                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                         CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.

                                   PART II
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT



Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

       The following information heretofore filed with the Commission pursuant
to  the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), is
incorporated herein by reference:

        (a) The registrant's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
            Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual
            Report referred to in (a) above.

        (c) The information set forth under the caption "Description of
            Common Shares" in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form
            S-1 filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
            Registration No. 33-68396, as incorporated by reference to the
            Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to
            Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, dated October 8, 1993,
            including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
            updating that description.

      All documents filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14  and  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act  after  the  date  of this Registration
Statement,  and  prior  to  the  filing  of  a  post-effective amendment which
indicates  that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of those documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

      The Indiana Business Corporation Law ("BCL") provides that a corporation
may  indemnify  against  liability (including amounts paid in settlement) of a
person  made  a  party  to  a  proceeding because of the person's service as a
director,  officer, employee or agent of the corporation if a determination is
made  by  the  board  of  directors, a committee thereof, legal counsel or the
shareholders  that  the person acted in good faith and reasonably believed (in
the  case  of  action  taken  in  the  person's  official  capacity  with  the
corporation)  that  his or her conduct was in the corporation's best interests
or  (in  all  other cases) at least not opposed to its best interests; and, in
the  case  of  any  criminal  proceeding,  the  person had reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe it was
unlawful.    Directors,  officers,  employees  and  agents must be indemnified
against  reasonable  expenses incurred in a proceeding if the person is wholly
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding.  The
BCL  provides that it is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification that
a  person  may have under the articles of incorporation, bylaws, resolution of
the  board  of  directors  or  shareholders  or  other  authorization  of  the
shareholders,  and  permits the corporation to purchase insurance on behalf of
directors,  officers,  employees and agents against liability asserted against
them in those capacities.

     Reference is made to Article VIII of the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation  of  Crossmann  Communities,  Inc. concerning indemnification of
directors and officers.

          Crossmann  Communities,  Inc.  has obtained directors' and officers'
liability  insurance,  the  effect  of which is to indemnify the directors and
officers  of  Crossmann Communities, Inc. and its subsidiaries against certain
losses caused by an error, misstatement or misleading statement, wrongful act,
omission, neglect or breach of duty by them or any matter claimed against them
in their capacities as directors and officers.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     (a)     See Index to Exhibits.

     (b)     See Item 9.  Undertakings.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
       (1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
               made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
               statement:

               (i)    To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3)
                      of the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                      after the effective date of the registration statement
                      (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                      which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                      fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                      registration statement;

               (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the
                      plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                      registration statement or any material change to such
                      information in the registration statement;



Provided,  however,  that paragraphs 1(i) and 1(ii) shall not apply if the
information  required  to  be  included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs  is  contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant
to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
        Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
        a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
        and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
        the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
        of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
        termination of the offering.

(4)     That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
        of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
        section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
        that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
        be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
        offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
        be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(5)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
        Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
        persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
        otherwise, the  registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
        Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
        public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
        In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
        (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid
        by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
        successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
        such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
        securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
        of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
        submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
        indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act
        and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

   (6)  The registrant has submitted the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service
        ("IRS") and undertakes that it will submit in a timely manner any
        amendments to the Plan and will make any and all changes required by
        the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.



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                                 SIGNATURES

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the  registrant  certifies  that  it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets  all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration  statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the undersigned,
thereunto  duly  authorized, in the City of Indianapolis, State of Indiana, on
June 3, 1996.

CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.

By:  /s/ John B. Scheumann
John B. Scheumann, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer

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                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and  appoints John B. Scheumann and Richard H. Crosser and
each  or  any  of  them  (with  full  power to act alone), his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto those
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents full power and authority to do and perform each
and  every  act  and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises,  as  fully  to  all  intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that those attorneys-in-fact and
agents,  or  their  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

          Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration  statement has been signed on June 3, 1996 by the
following persons in the capacities indicated:
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/s/ John B. Scheumann                                        Chairman of the Board of Directors;
- -----------------------                                                                         
John B. Scheumann        Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Richard H. Crosser   Director; President and
- -----------------------                                                                         
Richard H. Crosser       Chief Operating Officer

/s/ Jennifer A. Holihen  Director; Chief Financial Officer;
- -----------------------                                                                         
Jennifer A. Holihen      Treasurer; Secretary

/s/ James C. Shook       Director
- -----------------------                                                                         
James C. Shook

/s/ Larry S. Wechter     Director
- -----------------------                                                                         
Larry S. Wechter
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      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees
of  the  employee benefit plan have duly caused this registration statement to
be  signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Indianapolis, State of Indiana on June 3, 1996.


CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC. 401(k)
PROFIT SHARING PLAN

                              By: /s/ Jennifer A. Holihen
                                  Jennifer A. Holihen, Trustee


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                                 CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.
                                    Registration Statement
                                              on
                                           Form S-8

                                      INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Assigned in
Regulation S-K
Item 601                Description of Exhibit




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 (4)   4.1     Specimen certificate for Common Shares, without par value.
               (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1
               Registration Statement No. 33-68396.)
       4.2     Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
               (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement
               No. 33-68396.)
       4.3     Bylaws of the Company, as amended (Incorporated by reference
               to Exhibit 3.2 to Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-68396.)

(5)    5.1     Opinion of Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan.
(15)           No exhibit.
(23)   23.1    Consent of Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan (Included as a part of Exhibit 5.1).
       23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
       23.3    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
(24)   24.1    Power of Attorney (see Signature Page).
(28)           No exhibit.
(99)           No exhibit


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REGISTRATION NO. 33-

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM S-8
                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                         THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                         CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
INDIANA                        35-1880120
- ---------------------------------  -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction          (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)  Identification No.)
9202 North Meridian Street
                          Indianapolis, Indiana  46260
                   (Address of principal executive offices)

                         CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.
                         401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
                           (Full title of the plan)

                              John B. Scheumann
                                 Chairman and
                           Chief Executive Officer
                          9202 North Meridian Street
                        Indianapolis, Indiana  46260
                   (Name and address of agent for service)

                                (317) 843-9514
        (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                  Copies to:

                               Steven K. Humke
                          Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan
                        One American Square, Box 82001
                         Indianapolis, Indiana 46282
Proposed       Proposed
 Title of                         Maximum        Maximum
Securities         Amount         Offering       Aggregate    Amount of
  to be            to be          Price          Offering     Registra-
Registered         Registered     Per Share(1)   Price(1)     tion Fee(1)
- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -----------  ------------

Common Shares,     47,619 Shares  $       21.00  $ 1,000,000  $        345
without par value
(1) The registration fee has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
    (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 based upon the average of the high
    and low sale prices for the Common Shares on May 28, 1996.

(2) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
    this  registration  statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
    interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
    described herein.
The  Index  to  Exhibits  is  located at page 3 in the sequential numbering
system.
CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET

                 BETWEEN ITEMS IN FORM S-8 AND THE PROSPECTUS
                   PURSUANT TO REGULATION S-K, ITEM 501(B)

ITEM  NUMBER                                                        PROSPECTUS
CAPTIONS
1(a).   General Plan Information            Background of Your Plan;
                                            Miscellaneous Information
                                            Administrative Information
1(b).   Securities to be Offered            Investing the Contributions
1(b).   Employees Who May Participate       Participation
        in the Plan
1(d).   Purchase of Securities Pursuant to  Participation; Making Your
        Plan and Payment for Securities     Contributions; Company
        Offered                             Contributions; Investing
                                            the Contributions;
                                            Miscellaneous Information
1(e).   Resale Restrictions                 Not Applicable
1(f).   Tax Effects of Plan Participation   Background of Your Plan; Making
                                            Your Contributions; Applying for
                                            a Benefit
1(g).   Investment of Funds                 Investing the Contributions
1(h).   Withdrawal from the Plan;           Retiring Under the Plan; Death
        Assignment of Interest              Benefits Under the Plan; Leaving
                                            Employment Before Retirement;
                                            Applying for a Benefit; In-Service
                                            Withdrawals and Loans;
                                            Miscellaneous Information
1(i).   Forfeitures and Penalties           Vesting and Service
1(j).   Charges and Deductions and          Miscellaneous Information
        Liens Therefor
2.      Registrant Information and          Available Information
        Employee Plan Annual
        Information
FORM S-8

                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                         CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.

                                   PART II
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

       The following information heretofore filed with the Commission pursuant
to  the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), is
incorporated herein by reference:

        (a) The registrant's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
            Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual
            Report referred to in (a) above.

        (c) The information set forth under the caption "Description of
            Common Shares" in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form
            S-1 filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
            Registration No. 33-68396, as incorporated by reference to the
            Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to
            Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, dated October 8, 1993,
            including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
            updating that description.

      All documents filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14  and  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act  after  the  date  of this Registration
Statement,  and  prior  to  the  filing  of  a  post-effective amendment which
indicates  that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of those documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

      The Indiana Business Corporation Law ("BCL") provides that a corporation
may  indemnify  against  liability (including amounts paid in settlement) of a
person  made  a  party  to  a  proceeding because of the person's service as a
director,  officer, employee or agent of the corporation if a determination is
made  by  the  board  of  directors, a committee thereof, legal counsel or the
shareholders  that  the person acted in good faith and reasonably believed (in
the  case  of  action  taken  in  the  person's  official  capacity  with  the
corporation)  that  his or her conduct was in the corporation's best interests
or  (in  all  other cases) at least not opposed to its best interests; and, in
the  case  of  any  criminal  proceeding,  the  person had reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe it was
unlawful.    Directors,  officers,  employees  and  agents must be indemnified
against  reasonable  expenses incurred in a proceeding if the person is wholly
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding.  The
BCL  provides that it is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification that
a  person  may have under the articles of incorporation, bylaws, resolution of
the  board  of  directors  or  shareholders  or  other  authorization  of  the
shareholders,  and  permits the corporation to purchase insurance on behalf of
directors,  officers,  employees and agents against liability asserted against
them in those capacities.

     Reference is made to Article VIII of the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation  of  Crossmann  Communities,  Inc. concerning indemnification of
directors and officers.

          Crossmann  Communities,  Inc.  has obtained directors' and officers'
liability  insurance,  the  effect  of which is to indemnify the directors and
officers  of  Crossmann Communities, Inc. and its subsidiaries against certain
losses caused by an error, misstatement or misleading statement, wrongful act,
omission, neglect or breach of duty by them or any matter claimed against them
in their capacities as directors and officers.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     (a)     See Index to Exhibits.

     (b)     See Item 9.  Undertakings.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
       (1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
               made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
               statement:

               (i)    To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3)
                      of the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                      after the effective date of the registration statement
                      (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                      which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                      fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                      registration statement;

               (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the
                      plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                      registration statement or any material change to such
                      information in the registration statement;

Provided,  however,  that paragraphs 1(i) and 1(ii) shall not apply if the
information  required  to  be  included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs  is  contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant
to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
        Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
        a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
        and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
        the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
        of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
        termination of the offering.

(4)     That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
        of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
        section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
        that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
        be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
        offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
        be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(5)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
        Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
        persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
        otherwise, the  registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
        Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
        public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
        In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
        (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid
        by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
        successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
        such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
        securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
        of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
        submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
        indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act
        and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

   (6)  The registrant has submitted the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service
        ("IRS") and undertakes that it will submit in a timely manner any
        amendments to the Plan and will make any and all changes required by
        the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
SIGNATURES

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the  registrant  certifies  that  it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets  all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration  statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the undersigned,
thereunto  duly  authorized, in the City of Indianapolis, State of Indiana, on
June 3, 1996.

CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.

By:  /s/ John B. Scheumann
John B. Scheumann, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and  appoints John B. Scheumann and Richard H. Crosser and
each  or  any  of  them  (with  full  power to act alone), his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto those
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents full power and authority to do and perform each
and  every  act  and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises,  as  fully  to  all  intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that those attorneys-in-fact and
agents,  or  their  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

          Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration  statement has been signed on June 3, 1996 by the
following persons in the capacities indicated:
/s/ John B. Scheumann                                        Chairman of the Board of Directors;
- -----------------------                                                                         
John B. Scheumann        Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Richard H. Crosser   Director; President and
- -----------------------                                                                         
Richard H. Crosser       Chief Operating Officer

/s/ Jennifer A. Holihen  Director; Chief Financial Officer;
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Jennifer A. Holihen      Treasurer; Secretary

/s/ James C. Shook       Director
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James C. Shook

/s/ Larry S. Wechter     Director
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Larry S. Wechter
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees
of  the  employee benefit plan have duly caused this registration statement to
be  signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Indianapolis, State of Indiana on June 3, 1996.

CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC. 401(k)
PROFIT SHARING PLAN

                              By: /s/ Jennifer A. Holihen
                                  Jennifer A. Holihen, Trustee
CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES, INC.
                                    Registration Statement
                                              on
                                           Form S-8

                                      INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Assigned in
Regulation S-K
Item 601                Description of Exhibit
(4)   4.1     Specimen certificate for Common Shares, without par value.
               (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1
               Registration Statement No. 33-68396.)
       4.2     Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
               (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form S-1 Registration Statement
               No. 33-68396.)
       4.3     Bylaws of the Company, as amended (Incorporated by reference
               to Exhibit 3.2 to Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-68396.)

(5)    5.1     Opinion of Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan.
(15)           No exhibit.
(23)   23.1    Consent of Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan (Included as a part of Exhibit 5.1).
       23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
       23.3    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
(24)   24.1    Power of Attorney (see Signature Page).
(28)           No exhibit.
(99)           No exhibit