When a reader wrote in to ask “What is the history of the Quonset hut buildings that are now homes on the south side of Davie Boulevard, just west of I-95?” we suspected that the homes were likely ...

In 2014, Iain Harris had more than a vision of how to convert a 1942 Quonset hut — packed with rubbish from squatters and industrial relics of a former stained-glass factory — into a home. He also had ...

Since the late 1940s, a curious corrugated metal hut has been nestled among the Victorian shotguns and grand center-halls a half block from the river on Desire Street in Bywater. The squat, ...

Quonset huts, a common sight in old war movies, may sound foreign and vaguely exotic, but the name actually derives from the Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island, where the U.S. Navy first ...

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 ...

CANTON The Quonset Hut is officially in its new home after months of planning and work. That the store would move likely ranks among one of the area's worst kept business secrets. Quonset Hut left the ...

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" ...