Built about 90 years ago as a World’s Fair exhibit, the House of Tomorrow is about to get a new life.
National Park rangers ascend to the top floor of the Century of Progress “House of Tomorrow” in Beverly Shores during a walkthrough after a celebration of the building’s upcoming renovation on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
The House of Tomorrow’s three-level, octagonal shape and glass exterior made it immediately distinctive. It also featured conveniences — a dishwasher, an electric refrigerator, a garage with an automatic door — that were innovations in the 1930s. The House of Tomorrow stood apart, Davis said, because of the “great technical and financial obstacles” to restoring it.
“If this isn’t deferred maintenance, I don’t know what is,” Davis said, smiling, as he spoke to a small crowd on House of Tomorrow’s bottom floor, where a puddle of rainwater had gathered from Thursday’s rain. The original glass walls had been removed before the House of Tomorrow was moved from Chicago to Indiana in the 1930s, Hasbrouck said.The original House of Tomorrow even had a ground-floor space for parking a small airplane.
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