Ohio inventions and firsts · Company innovation · 1932
Hobart welded steel houses
From 1932 to 1941 the Hobart Welded Steel House Company built 22 prefabricated all-steel houses in Troy. Sixteen of them, with three garages and a shed, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
At a glance
- Year
- 1932
- Company
- Hobart Brothers / Hobart Welded Steel House Company
- Place
- Troy, Miami County ZIP 45373 · Troy · Miami County
Why it matters
The houses show an early try at welded steel home building. Ten stand in the Hobart Circle Historic District, in Georgian Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival, Cape Cod and Moderne styles.
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.