The 1936 Home of Tomorrow at the State Fair of Texas
From The 1936 Official Texas Centennial Exposition Guidebook:
At the southeast end of the grounds between the end of the Midway and the Ranger Ranch House is the Model Homes Area, one of the most interesting places in the Exposition. Here you will find four homes, completely furnished, which give you an excellent opportunity to study the present trends in home building and interior decoration. Each of the houses is sponsored by a material supplies corporation and each residence represents the ideal small home as planned by the architects of the several firms.
These firms, Centennial Model Homes, Inc., Masonite Corporation, Portland Cement Association, and Southern Pine Association, have made special plans to have these homes on exhibition throughout the entire Exposition period. Attendants in each structure will give you detailed data on the cost of building and equipping such a home.
The “Centennial House” designed by Bubi Jessen of Austin as the Portland Cement Model Home for the Centennial, was restored by the Dallas AIA in 1984. Three other nearby model homes were moved off-site after the close of the 1936 fair.
At the southeast end of the grounds between the end of the Midway and the Ranger Ranch House is the Model Homes Area, one of the most interesting places in the Exposition. Here you will find four homes, completely furnished, which give you an excellent opportunity to study the present trends in home building and interior decoration. Each of the houses is sponsored by a material supplies corporation and each residence represents the ideal small home as planned by the architects of the several firms.
These firms, Centennial Model Homes, Inc., Masonite Corporation, Portland Cement Association, and Southern Pine Association, have made special plans to have these homes on exhibition throughout the entire Exposition period. Attendants in each structure will give you detailed data on the cost of building and equipping such a home.
The “Centennial House” designed by Bubi Jessen of Austin as the Portland Cement Model Home for the Centennial, was restored by the Dallas AIA in 1984. Three other nearby model homes were moved off-site after the close of the 1936 fair.
