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A Brief History of Greendale
Who and Why?
May 1, 1938
1938 Greendale Timeline
No Basements?
The Model Home
The Greendale Village Seal
Greenbelt Communities
Vintage Greendale Through the Lens of John Vachon
Greendale Municipal Court
Alonzo Hauser Flagpole Sculpture
Downtown Greendale
Police Station
Hose Tower
2009
2008
2007
  • 1938
  • 5503 Acorn Court
  • A Brief History of Greendale
  • Alonzo Hauser
  • Anthony Machi
  • Basements
  • Broad Street
  • Coal Bins
  • Crawl Spaces
  • Douglas McClure
  • Ed Bengs
  • Eleanor Roosevelt
  • F.D.R.
  • Fabian Strong
  • February 7, 1937
  • Flagpole sculpture
  • Garden City Model
  • Great Depression
  • Greenbelt
  • Greendale
  • Greendale Municipal Court
  • Greenhills
  • John R. Ambruster
  • John Spindler
  • John Vachon
  • Mark Kapocius
  • Marshall Bartos
  • May 1, 1938
  • Model Home
  • Mr. and Mrs. Allen Koschin
  • Norbert Dobner
  • Rexford Tugwell
  • Thomas Duggan
  • Timeline
  • Village Seal
A Brief History of Greendale

The Model Home

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A model house, with furnishings designed especially for the project, opened in Greendale at 5503 Acorn Court on February 7, 1937. Over a twelve-month period, some 650,000 visitors streamed to the site, including many design professionals, builders, housing officials and realtors, some from as far away as Moscow.

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