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Swiss chalet style (German: Schweizerstil, Norwegian: Sveitserstil) is an architectural style of Late Historicism, originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine (mountainous) regions of Central Europe. The style refers to traditional building designs characterised by widely projecting roofs and facades richly decorated with ...
Swiss Chalet Revival architecture (14 P) Pages in category "Swiss chalet architecture" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
[15] [14] Each year from 1989 through 1992, Clayton Homes was named on the Forbes list of the best small companies in America. [16] Kevin Clayton, Jim Clayton's son, took over the company in 1999. [12] Kevin Clayton had joined Clayton Homes in the 1980s and held several leadership roles in the company and its subsidiaries before becoming CEO. [17]
Over the years, the term 'chalet' changed to be applied generally to holiday homes, whether built in a strictly Alpine style or not. In Quebec French, any summer or holiday dwelling, especially near a ski hill, is called a chalet whether or not it is built in the style of a Swiss chalet; English-speaking Quebecers have adopted the term as well.
Fleetwood became a public company in 1965, reporting annual sales of $18.5 million. [2] The company became part of the Fortune 500 in 1973, remaining there for nearly three decades. [3] By 1989, Fleetwood RVs sales reached the one billion dollar milestone; five years later, it hit the same milestone in its sales of manufactured homes. [3]
The chalet first appeared in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings where it spread to France and then throughout Europe. The Swiss chalet style became a symbol of a simple, pastoral life built on democracy, freedom and a connection with nature. The wide variety of local styles and building materials was reduced to a wooden cottage with a gently ...
In 2018–2019, Legacy acquired five plots of land to develop into manufactured home communities, including 400 acres near Austin, Texas for $4.4 million in April 2018. [ 3 ] During the COVID-19 pandemic , in April 2020, Legacy announced a $25 million addition to their credit line, then announced receiving $6.5 million in federally backed small ...
Harris-Savage Home (RTHL #17586, [20] 2013), 5703 Swiss Ave.—Constructed in 1917 for P.A. Ritter, later occupants of the home included William A. Turner, a Texas oil field pioneer, and W.R. Harris, who was a prosecutor during the impeachment of Texas Governor James Ferguson by the Texas Legislature, and Wallace Savage, a former mayor of Dallas.