Note the automotive-centric development patterns with curvilinear streets, widely spaced houses, and regular driveways. In response, the federal government, through efforts of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) sought to encourage private developers by guaranteeing their investments against financial loss through approval of housing projects meeting architectural and urban planning standards.Įxample of an acceptably planned subdivision from the FHA publication Successful Subdivisions (1940). The country was facing increasing consumer and infrastructure demands, coupled with a severe housing shortage. Often described as a period of American optimism, the end of WWII was not without its challenges. Following American entry into WWII, Camp Kearns (Kearns Army Air Base) was developed as a training center and, almost overnight, became the third largest city in Utah. Both communities’ express national patterns of development, and prior to World War II (WWII), were farmlands crisscrossed by irrigation ditches and railroad lines, against the backdrop of small communities including Hunter, Granger, and Chesterfield. History is ever-evolving, and Kearns and West Valley City are no different. Many of these subdivisions have reache d the golden “50 year rule” after which a building or district may be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It was for this reason that in March 2021, architectural historians with Logan Simpson conducted a “historic resources survey” of postwar suburbs in Kearns and West Valley City. An early instance of midcentury architecture’s growing popularity.
Still from The Incredibles (2004) showing the main characters’ Contemporary type home.
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