![]() ![]() These houses had pier-and-beam construction, instead of the ubiquitous (and cheaper) concrete slab foundations that were about to become the norm. Quirky little hybrids of a homes with one foot in pre-war construction techniques and the other poised to step into the next decade and beyond. ![]() More common were the ones like the little houses in the newly-made housing additions. In 1949, rambling ranch houses with attached garages were gee-whiz modern. The classified ads were full of two-bedroom, one bath cookie cutter bungalows. "Housing Additions" sprang up like crazy! The scrubby landscapes were becoming suburbs! A post-war housing boom was in process! In 1949, cotton fields bordered the outskirts of towns. "If you want to see a real house and cunstruction, look at this." "Open for Inspection," read the classified ad for a brand-new bungalow on the 1800 block of Collier Street. See the Victorian mansions, the shotgun shacks, the crackerjack duplexes, and, always the next new thing. This is why we browse the housewares section in the Shopping Centers, pore over house plans, scour real estate ad pages.įor a visual history of who we've been, scan any older residential neighborhood. ![]() 1949: Post War Tract Houses Open for Inspection - the Post-War cookie cutter! ![]()
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