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Thousands moved to Gary in the early 1900s for work in burgeoning steel industry. Providing housing quickly and affordably, Thomas Edison's 1906 proposal of pouring a concrete mixture into a single mold for the facades, roof, stairs, walls, and other parts of a house was adopted for company housing
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American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building in Gary, Indiana
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building is located in Indiana
American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building is located in the United States
Gary, Indiana
41°36′13″N 87°20′43″W / 41.60361°N 87.34528°W / 41.60361; -87.34528
MPS
Concrete in Steel City: The Edison Concept Houses of Gary Indiana MS
09000427
Gary, Indiana
D. F. Creighton
National Register of Historic Places
United States Sheet & Tin Plate Co.
Polk Street Terraces Historic District
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Indiana


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
Gary's concrete houses and the genius of Thomas Edison
Archived
archive.today
"Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)"
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building"
The Sheet and Tin Plate Company Edison Concept Houses of Gary, Indiana
Concrete Utopia
historic file
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