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The Florida Tropical House is a beach house located on Lake Michigan's shoreline in Beverly Shores, Indiana, US. It was built in 1933 as part of the Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition at the 1933 World's Fair in nearby Chicago. Today it is part of the Century of Progress Architectural District, a historic district.
The Miami Beach Art Deco Museum describes the Miami building boom as coming mostly during the second phase of the architectural movement known as Streamline Moderne, a style that was “buttressed by the belief that times would get better, and was infused with the optimistic futurism extolled at American’s World Fairs of the 1930s.” [4]
The house is topped by a seventy-five foot, tile-roofed tower containing bedrooms, baths, and an observation deck with an extensive view of Palm Beach. [ 15 ] Among the imported materials used were three boatloads of Doria limestone from Genoa visible in the exterior wall facing, some interior structures, arches, and the Barwig sculptures.
Most beach vacations aren't cheap, but did you ever wonder where the 1% take their beach vacations? Check out our guide to the most expensive U.S. beaches to visit in 2024.
The $22 million Indian River Shores oceanfront mansion is 11,428 square feet and has 5 bedrooms and 6½ bathrooms. See photos of other top home sales.
A $33 million Jupiter Island mansion (9,319 sq.ft., 5 bedrooms, 6½ bathrooms) was most expensive sold in April. See photos of other top home sales.
Florida cracker architecture or Southern plantation style is a style of vernacular architecture typified by a low slung, wood-frame house, with a large porch. It was widespread in the 19th and early 20th century.
Plenty of that growth can be attributed to older Americans being priced out of South Florida, says Ken H. Johnson, an economist at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. There’s no ...