Instant House

House trailers have always had something of an image problem.  People like to think of dwellings as permanent--the presence of a chassis and...

Prefabs in Colonial Americas   According to Charles Peterson in his article "Early American Prefabrication", the first prefab to ...

1931 Cover--The Final Wardway Catalog Montgomery Ward Enters the Business   The business rivalry between Sears and Montgomery Ward is th...

Picture of the Wingfoot Home from Popular Science Magazine--August, 1946 issue. When is a trailer not a trailer? Answer:  when it...

Not Quite A Kit In the late 1880s, there was a building boom of Victorian-style homes throughout the United States.  The country was indust...

Recent view of the Suntop Homes in Ardmore, PA More Frank Lloyd Wright:  The Quads Remember how in my last Usonian post I remarked th...