Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A98990-4
Date(s)
- 1956-05-14 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Exterior of the 1956 Greater Tacoma Home Show Model Home, ordered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. The 1956 Tacoma Master Builders model home was called "The Klahanie," from a Chinook Indian word meaning "out of doors." It was designed to accomodate a couple with two children working with a restricted budget and a difficult building site. The resulting open living, dining, kitchen floor plan leading onto a large wooden deck gave the home a spacious feel. It was designed by architect Gordon Norman Johnston and built by Gordon Korsmo. The exterior of the home had brick planting boxes for landscaping and a covered passage to the two car garage. It was located in the University Estates division in University Place. (TNT 5/10/1956, Section C- Home Show feature)
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Model houses--Tacoma; Tacoma Master Builders Association (Tacoma);