The house at 2121 Spring Creek in Laramie Wyoming is a great example of a mid-century modern home. The home in Laramie was built in 1962. The home features a low pitched roof over the house and a flat roof over the car port on the west side of the house. Being true to mid-century modern designs the upper half of the house is stucco and the lower half features brick with a simple geometric design.
The front door is off of the sidewalk, next to the car port and driveway. During the post-war era homes began featuring the car as a prominent design element that helped shape the home’s layout and design. The changing focus to the automobile also shifted the living room to the back of the house where large windows open up into the backyard, bringing nature into the home and the living space outside. New construction techniques developed during the war allowed for large windows, sometimes used for an entire wall.
These design elements are seen in Arapahoe Acres, a housing development of 124 houses south of Denver. The homes were designed by Denver University Professor Eugene Sterburg and developed and built by Edward Hawkins. One home in Arapahoe Acres looks like 2121 Spring Creek, a house known as the Hollans House (Image 4). The Holland House incorporated a plywood paneled ceiling, masonry wall of brick with variegated color, vertical tongue and groove siding and exposed beams. It features a vertical band of simple geometric ornament in the brick as well as a broad brick chimney at the center of the house. Many of these same features and materials are shared with the house in Laramie, though they are rotated 90 degrees.
The front door is off of the sidewalk, next to the car port and driveway. During the post-war era homes began featuring the car as a prominent design element that helped shape the home’s layout and design. The changing focus to the automobile also shifted the living room to the back of the house where large windows open up into the backyard, bringing nature into the home and the living space outside. New construction techniques developed during the war allowed for large windows, sometimes used for an entire wall.
These design elements are seen in Arapahoe Acres, a housing development of 124 houses south of Denver. The homes were designed by Denver University Professor Eugene Sterburg and developed and built by Edward Hawkins. One home in Arapahoe Acres looks like 2121 Spring Creek, a house known as the Hollans House (Image 4). The Holland House incorporated a plywood paneled ceiling, masonry wall of brick with variegated color, vertical tongue and groove siding and exposed beams. It features a vertical band of simple geometric ornament in the brick as well as a broad brick chimney at the center of the house. Many of these same features and materials are shared with the house in Laramie, though they are rotated 90 degrees.
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