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[D] The term "outhouse" is used in North American English for the structure over a toilet, usually a pit latrine ("long-drop"). However, in British English "outhouse" means any outbuilding, including such as a shed or barn. [50] In Australia and parts of Canada an outdoor toilet is known as a "dunny". "Privy", an archaic variant of "private ...
In 1908, Sears issued its first specialty catalog for houses, Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans, featuring 44 house styles ranging in price from US $360 (equal to $12,208 today) – $2,890 (equal to $98,003 today). The first mail order for a Sears house was filled that year.
[28] [29] FEMA trailers, which are offered rent-free, may be the only form of habitable dwellings available to those within a disaster area. In 2005, "the devastation of housing in New Orleans and surrounding communities was so widespread that large numbers of the displaced had few options but to take up residence in FEMA parks" following ...
St. Louis County is a county located in the Arrowhead Region of the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 200,231. [3] Its county seat is Duluth.It is the largest county in Minnesota by land area, and the largest in the United States by total area east of the Mississippi River.
Shasta travel trailers were recreational vehicles originally built between 1941 and 2004. Founded by industry pioneer Robert Gray, the firm was originally situated in a small factory in Los Angeles, California to provide housing for members of the US Armed Forces. With the growth in sales over the following 30 years, the "home" factory in L.A ...
1908: City commissioners endorse Daniel Burnham's plan for the Duluth Civic Center; 1916: Government purchases site for a new federal building; 1930: Construction completed; 1986: Federal Building, U.S. Courthouse and Custom House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Duluth Civic Center Historic District
Orrin Thompson (August 26, 1913 – March 7, 1995) was one of the largest real-estate developers in the United States. In the 1950s, a time when the post World War II population was exploding and in need of housing, he built and sold thousands of one-family homes, primarily in Minnesota.
Glensheen, the Historic Congdon Estate is a 20,000 [2] square foot mansion in Duluth, Minnesota, United States, operated by the University of Minnesota Duluth as a historic house museum. Glensheen sits on 12 acres of waterfront property on Lake Superior , has 39 rooms and is built in the Jacobean architectural tradition, inspired by the Beaux ...