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Champion Homes was founded in 1953 as a single manufacturing facility in the small town of Dryden in rural Michigan by Walter W. Clark and Henry E. George. [4]In 2005, Champion was the first manufacturer to build privatized modular housing for the military.
In January 2011, custom modular home manufacturer Haven Custom Homes of Linthicum, Maryland began leasing the facility to begin building their new "Classic Homes by Haven" line. At that time, negotiations were proceeding for acquisition of the facility. [4]
The company was founded in 1978 by Donald R. Horton. [6] Horton took the company public in 1992, and as of 2020 owned about 6% of the company. [7] In 1997, the company acquired Continental Homes for $305 million and the assumption of $278 million in debt. [8]
US existing home sales rise in December; house prices hit record high in 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. existing home sales increased to a 10-month high in December, but further gains are likely ...
Custom House Wharf is a historic wharf in Portland, Maine, on the edge of the Fore River. Named for Portland's United States Custom House , which stands across Commercial Street from the wharf, on Pearl Street, the wharf is located between Maine Wharf (to the north) and Portland Pier (to the south).
The John Innes Kane Cottage, also known as Breakwater and Atlantique, is a historic summer estate house at 45 Hancock Street in Bar Harbor, Maine.Built in 1903-04 for John Innes Kane, a wealthy grandson [2] of John Jacob Astor and designed by local architect Fred L. Savage, it is one of a small number of estate houses to escape Bar Harbor's devastating 1947 fire.
Franklin Towers is a 16-story high-rise building located in Portland, Maine, at the corner of Franklin Street and Cumberland Avenue, rising to a height of 175 feet (53 m). [1] Construction was completed in 1969, and its primary use is residential. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. [3]
The Lincoln Street Historic District in Brunswick, Maine, is an 8-acre (3.2 ha) historic district encompassing a remarkably uniform assemblage of mid 19th-century residential construction. It includes fourteen houses, most of which were built in a two-year period between 1843 and 1845.