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 ...

A Central Coast family is transforming a historic Morro Bay building into a boutique hotel. In 2023, local hoteliers John and Joan Solu bought a Quonset hut on Main Street. The 4,000-square-foot, dome ...

From war relic to blueprint for climate-resilient communities. The Quonset hut story did not end in 1945. Its DNA lives on in modern refugee shelters, emergency clinics, and tiny houses that echo its ...

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, ...

CANTON − For decades, Quonset Hut was a haven for music lovers − vinyl records, 8-tracks, cassette tapes, compact discs. Opening in 1969, it also served as a hippie boutique specializing in jewelry, ...

To enter, one walked from the basement level of Pittsfield High School through a narrow corridor that had been graced with a tattered red carpet. Inside, about 25 students lounged around old cable ...