Hundreds of Minnesota families lived in corrugated steel sheds called Quonset huts after World War II — an economical but temporary solution to the era's housing crisis. The "ugly but necessary" ...
Jim Cook said his family home in Makaha was a Quonset hut. Their Model A Ford pickup was parked in front. From 1941 to 1945 the U.S. military mass-produced more than 150,000 of the shelters, making ...
A Central Coast family is transforming a historic Morro Bay building into a boutique hotel. In 2023, local hoteliers John and Joan Solu bought a Quonset hut on Main Street. The 4,000-square-foot, dome ...