1933 Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition
The Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition was part of the 1933 Chicago
In addition to several unique
Five of the houses exist today viewable to the public, as the Century of Progress Architectural District.
Exhibits
The following homes were showcased in the exhibit which ran the duration of the fair:
- Weiboldt-Rostone House, Walter Schuler, Architect
- Good Housekeeping Stran-Steel House and Stran-Steel Garden Home, O'Dell & Wirt C. Rowland, Architects
- House of Tomorrow, George Fred Keck, Architect
- Masonite House: Frazier & Raftery, Architects
- Armco Ferro Enamel Frameless Steel House, Robert Smith, Jr. Architect
- House for Brick Manufacturers Association of America: Andrew N. Rebori, Architect
- Florida Tropical House, Robert Law Weed, Architect
- American Forest Products & Lumber Industries House: Ernest A. Grunsfeld, Jr. Architect
- General House, Inc., Howard T. Fisher, Architect
- Design for Living Home, John C.B. Moore and Horsley & Wood, Architects
- Cypress Log Cabin
- Universal Houses' Country Home.
Legacy
After the exposition ended in 1934, Robert Bartlett purchased five of the homes, the Wieboldt-Rostone House, the House of Tomorrow, the Florida Tropical House, the Cypress Log Cabin, and the Armco-Ferro House, loaded them on barges and floated them across Lake Michigan to
Also at the close of the exposition, in November 1934, the Lumber Industries House (designed by architect Ernest A. Grunsfeld, Jr.) was sold to Harry Joseph. A Chicago lumber company executive, Joseph had the home taken down and shipped to his estate in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, where it was reassembled.[2]
References and sources
- References
- ^ "1933 Chicago World's Fair Century of Progress Homes - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov.
- ^ "Lumber House Sold". Southern Lumberman. 149 (1887): 32. 1934.
- Sources
- Century of Progress Anticipates Homes of Tomorrow. American Home, 10:18-19, June 1933.
- Chicago and Tomorrow's House? Pencil Points, 14:245-251, June 1933.
- Exhibits at Century of Progress Exhibition: Houses Constructed for the Home and Industrial Arts Exhibit (Floor Plans).
- Architectural Record, 73: supplement, May 1933.
External links
- Homes of Tomorrow - Dr. Monica Brooks
- 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair Homes.