Quonset huts are the ugly stepchildren of historic preservation: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology
Baker: Twin quonset huts are in doubly good condition.
While Quonset huts remain cultural curiosities, they are seldom celebrated during National Historic Preservation Month. Manufactured in far-off factories and moved frequently, they seldom win a local's love. The twin Palace Construction Quonset huts pictured above are in remarkable shape compared to a pair over in Mar Lee...
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Quonset huts were manufactured as an affordable temporary building that could be shipped easily and set up quickly by unskilled labor. After World War II, the buildings were sold as surplus to satisfy the housing shortages created by returning soldiers. Many were purchased by the University of Denver, CU-Boulder and CSU to house soldiers returning to school.
The pair of Quonset huts pictured above are located directly west of Garfield Lake in the Mar Lee neighborhood. Both of the bowed-roof structures were built on top of concrete slabs because the water table in this lake-side area is just a few feet below the surface.
Below, the survivor and the mobile home replacement...
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