When a reader wrote in to ask “What is the history of the Quonset hut buildings that are now homes on the south side of Davie Boulevard, just west of I-95?” we suspected that the homes were likely ...

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Since the late 1940s, a curious corrugated metal hut has been nestled among the Victorian shotguns and grand center-halls a half block from the river on Desire Street in Bywater. The squat, ...

In Detroit, one developer has turned Quonset huts—better known for their use on farms and military bases—into affordable, efficient housing. On a half-vacant block a few miles outside of downtown ...

Jim Cook said his family home in Makaha was a Quonset hut. Their Model A Ford pickup was parked in front. From 1941 to 1945 the U.S. military mass-produced more than 150,000 of the shelters, making ...

In the 1940s, Mt. Pleasant builder Fred Gannon built three small rental homes in the 1300 block of Bruce Street on Mt. Pleasant’s west side using the Quonset Hut pattern popular with the U.S. military ...

It's a Quonset, but it's a far cry from a hut. And the small cottage on a southern lower Michigan lake is up for sale. The 597-square-foot house is located on Swains Lake at 642 Swains Lake Drive, ...