'It's not for the faint of heart.' The 1933 Chicago World's Fair House of Tomorrow is being offered for lease for anyone willing to take on the estimated $3 million, two-year renovation needed to make the house livable.
Indiana Landmarks is seeking a tenant to bring the iconic glass home from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair back to life. ‘It’s not for the faint of heart.’
The glass-enclosed House of Tomorrow, as it first stood at the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago, is now in Beverly Shores, Ind.Visitors to the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago got the opportunity to see, for 10 cents, what was billed as the world’s first glass house. The home, designed by architect George Keck, was a showpiece for the Century of Progress futuristic-theme fair. About a dozen other model homes were grouped with it on the grounds.
Once inside the House of Tomorrow, fairgoers marveled at its unobstructed floor-to-ceiling glass walls, its residential dishwasher and its improbable attached hangar for the family plane in addition to a garage.
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