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The House and Housing portal Common types of secondary dwelling units (Full article...) Selected article - Beachfront facade The Wieboldt-Rostone House is a historic building in the Century of Progress Architectural District in Beverly Shores, Indiana. The home was built in 1933, framed in steel, and clad with an artificial stone called Rostone (Limestone, shale and alkali). Billed as never needing repairs, it only lasted without renovations until the 1950s. Intended to showcase a new building material of limestone waste and shale, the Rostone House was the product of Rostone, Inc., of Lafayette, Indiana, and the Indiana Bridge Company. Construction was simplified by the completion of most design and fabrication work at a factory. The panels would be precast to the correct sizes needed for a specific project. Each panel came with pre-set nuts that would be used to bolt the panel onto the steel frame. Both the interior and exterior walls were designed this way. The house was designed by Indiana architect Walter Scholer. (Full article...) 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Related Portals Selected image - A ranch-style house in Salinas, California, U.S. The Cube houses in Rotterdam, viewed from Blaak metro station An A-Frame house in Duluth, Minnesota Aerial view of tract housing developments near Markham, Ontario The Josiah Day House in West Springfield, Massachusetts is an example of a Saltbox-style home A wood-frame American Foursquare house in Minnesota with dormer windows on each side and a large front porch Seattle box is a regional style of residential architecture that was popular in Seattle, Washington and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900s. Cottage flats are a style of housing common in Scotland, where there are single floor dwellings at ground level, and similar dwellings on the floor above. 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