The Florida Tropical House is a beach house located on Lake Michigan's shoreline in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The house was originally built in 1933 as part of the Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition during the 1933 World's Fair which took place in nearby Chicago. Today it is part of the Century of Progress Architectural District, a historic district. The Florida Tropical House was designed in such a way that the inside and outside environments are blended together. Its exterior was designed in the Modernist style by architect Robert Law Weed and painted a Floridian pink. The Florida Tropical House, along with four other exhibition homes from 1933, were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, collectively known as the "World's Fair Houses." The other four are close neighbors of the Florida Tropical House.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
The Armco-Ferro House is a 1930s prototype house that could be mass-produced and affordable for an American family of modest means located near Lake Michigan's shoreline in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The house was originally built in 1933 as part of the Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition during the 1933 World's Fair which took place in nearby Chicago. Today it is part of the Century of Progress Architectural District, a historic district. The Armco-Ferro House was designed by Robert Smith, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio. This seemingly frameless house boasted a revolutionary construction system for the time: corrugated steel panels that are bolted together. This system resembles a typical cardboard box. The corrugated panels are clad with porcelain-enameled steel panels. This construction system later provided the inspiration for the post World War II prefabricated housing developed by the Lustron Corporation. The Armco-Ferro House, along with four other exhibition homes from 1933, were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, collectively known as the World's Fair Houses. The other four are close neighbors of the Armco-Ferro House.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
The Wieboldt-Rostone House is located near Lake Michigan's shoreline in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The house was originally built in 1933 as part of the Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition during the 1933 World's Fair, which took place in nearby Chicago. Today it is part of the Century of Progress Architectural District, a historic district. Framed in steel and clad with an artificial stone called Rostone (Limestone, shale and alkali). Billed as never needing repairs, it only lasted until the 1950s. Intended to showcase a new building material of limestone waste and shale, the Rostone House was the product of Rostone, Inc., of Lafayette, Indiana, and the Indiana Bridge Company. Construction was simplified by the completion of most design and fabrication work at a factory. The panels would be precast to the correct sizes needed for a specific project. Each panel came with pre-set nuts, that would be used to bolt the panel onto the steel frame. Both the interior and exterior walls were designed this way. The house was designed by Indiana Architect Walter Scholer. The Wieboldt-Rostone House, along with four other exhibition homes from 1933, were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, collectively known as the World's Fair Houses. The other four are close neighbors of the Wieboldt-Rostone House.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
