Texas Historical Marker #11818

Avion Village. As early as the mid-1940s, housing was scarce in Dallas as well as in other centers of defense production and military activity throughout the nation. The private housing industry was unable to keep up with the demand for shelter in these areas. Some federal officials saw the situation as an opportunity for experimentation in architecture and planning, as well as establishment of a pilot program aimed at lowering the cost of quality housing through the use of prefabrication and mass production building techniques. Defense housing officials also wanted to introduce industrial workers to mutual home ownership as an alternative to traditional suburban home ownership. Avion Village was one of several early developments intended to be permanent additions to community housing stock. The facility's layout promoted both privacy and resident interaction. Built under the auspices of the Federal Works Agency and its assistant administrator, Texas native Lawrence Westbrook, the facilities were designed by Roscoe DeWitt and David R. Williams in cooperation with Richard J. Neutra. Avion Village was launched amid high media attention in May 1941 as two teams of workers raced to complete the first house in the planned 300-unit development. The first unit was built in less than one hour. The entire development was finished in 100 days with the help of an on-site makeshift prefabrication plant. Civilian employees of the North American Aviation Company were the first to live in the complex. The Avion Village Mutual Housing Corporation purchased the development from the federal government in 1948. Avion Village continues to be mutually owned by residents. (1999) #11818

800 Skyline Road, Grand Prairie, TX, United States

Texas Historical Marker #12723

Isham and Texana Tubbs House. Isham and Texana Tubbs House Isham Tubbs (1852-1947) married Texana Spikes (1857-1930) in Kaufman County in 1877. They moved to the Monterey area of Lubbock County circa 1890. Isham became one of the first school board trustees and a charter member of Lubbock's first United Methodist Church. He brought lumber from east Texas by rail and wagon in 1907-08 to build this home, basing it on a magazine sketch admired by Texana. One of the last Queen Anne-style homes in the area, the building also housed two separate living spaces. This provided Isham and Texana, and their children and extended family, privacy and shelter under one roof. Members of the family were still living in the house at the turn of the 21st century. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2002 #12723

602 Fulton Avenue, Lubbock, TX, United States

The Ladies' Beach This high stone wall was built in the 1850s so that ladies could enjoy privacy while using the beach beyond. The Heritage of Blackrock.

, Blackrock, Co Cork, Ireland

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THE ARGYLL ARMS The Argyll Arms was originally constructed in 1740 and opened two years later. Around 1895 the designer Robert Sawyer remodelled the interior in keeping with the new vogue for privacy creating snug areas to separate the different social classes. Having survived the Blitz, the Argyll Arms still retains its original mahogany screen, bar counter, back bar, panelling and mirrors.

18 Argyll St, Soho, London W1F 7TP, London, United Kingdom