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Slide show at link. On the list of the most endangered landmarks in Indiana is the House of Tomorrow in Beverly Shores, which came out of the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gall...0802&Ref=PH

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I thought that house was being restored.

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http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/...60c1b2d100.html

Beverly Shores house listed among 10 Most Endangered in the State



Tony V. Martin, File | The Times
The House of Tomorrow, a home built for the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair hosted by Chicago, is considered an endangered place by Indiana Landmarks. The nonprofit group, which is concerned with preserving historically significant structures, has included the home this year on its top 10 list of most jeopardized places.
April 29, 2012 6:30 am • By Heather Augustyn Times Correspondent(11) Comments
10 Most Endangered Places in Indiana

• American House, Centerville

• Harmony Way Bridge, New Harmony

• House of Tomorrow, Beverly Shores

• Jeffersonville Masonic Temple, Jeffersonville

• Old Clarksville Site, Clarksville

• Pantheon Theater, Vincennes

• Sylvan Springs, Rome City

• Taggart Memorial, Indianapolis

• Tyson Auditorium, Versailles

• T.G. Wilkinson House, Muncie

For more information, visit indianalandmarks.org.

BEVERLY SHORES | A house built to show the world the future of American home design has been deemed one of the most endangered structures in the state, a nonprofit group said.

The House of Tomorrow in Beverly Shores was built for the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair hosted by Chicago. It, along with four other homes from the fair, was transported by barge to what became the town of Beverly Shores. The homes rest on Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore land.

Indiana Landmarks, a group concerned with preserving historically significant places, added the home to its annual list of landmarks in jeopardy. The list is meant to bring attention to the sites and gather support for their preservation.

The sites are significant, irreplaceable and often challenging to save, said Marsh Davis, Indiana Landmarks president.

"Our mission is to save meaningful places, and this is a list of 10 important places in greatest danger of being lost. ... These landmarks preserve connections to our shared heritage, and restoring them can spur broader revitalization," Davis said.

The Century of Progress houses were in bad shape when Indiana Landmarks leased them from the National Park Service and subleased four to people who agreed to repair them. The House of Tomorrow, 241 W. Lake Front Drive, has been under wraps for many years while the other four homes either have been restored or are undergoing rehabilitation.

The House of Tomorrow is awaiting the recruitment of a tenant able to tackle the restoration.

"We will be thrilled when they are all done," said Geoffrey Benson, president of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission and also president of the Beverly Shores Town Council. "The Florida Tropical has been restored, the Wieboldt-Rostone home has been undergoing restoration for eight years, the Armco-Ferro home is under progress, and the Cyprus Log Cabin is complete, but the House of Tomorrow doesn't have anyone contracted for restoration. ... They are very unique, and the town is very proud of them."

Lorelei Weimer, executive director of Indiana Dunes Tourism, Porter County's tourism bureau, said the homes are a major attraction for the county.

"People love the homes, they love the history, and when you drive by them they are very visible, so they are a very important attraction for us," she said. "They were brought here to start the town of Beverly Shores, and they really resonate with visitors who will take the drive to look at them, so we want to make sure they are preserved and in good order. We don't want to lose them."

The other sites Indiana Landmarks lists this year as endangered are the American House in Centerville, the Harmony Way Bridge in New Harmony, the Jeffersonville Masonic Temple in Jeffersonville, the Old Clarksville Site in Clarksville, the Pantheon Theater in Vincennes, Sylvan Springs in Rome City, the Taggart Memorial in Indianapolis, Tyson Auditorium in Versailles and the T.G. Wilkinson House in Muncie.

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http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/porter/1...f-tomorrow.html

BEVERLY SHORES — The town’s House of Tomorrow may not have a future.

Indiana Landmarks Foundation has placed the wedding cake-looking structure at 241 W. Lake Front Drive on its 2012 Most Endangered list, announced Sunday.

Built for Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair, also known as the Century of Progress, the three-story, 12-sided house held together by a framework of steel, showcased walls of glass, air-conditioning, a dishwasher and electric “eyes” to open kitchen and garage doors.

Historic Landmarks officials called them “wild, futuristic ideas,” for 1933. The house, designed by Chicago architect George Fred Keck, who would later become a pioneer in solar heating, also had a garage bay for the family airplane in the spirit of the fair’s futuristic theme.

After 50 million fairgoers viewed the home at a site now known as Northerly Island park, Chicago real estate developer Robert Bartlett moved five of the fair homes by barge across Lake Michigan to Beverly Shores to sites now within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Park along Lake Michigan.

Bartlett paid $2,500 for the House of Tomorrow, which features a floor to ceiling “curtain wall.” The solar winter heat gain disproved doubting engineers who felt the house would lose heat.

However, the glass walls made it tough to air condition and the system failed. Bartlett replaced the glass walls with windows that opened for air circulation.

The national park and the Historic Landmarks Foundation entered into a formal agreement in 1996 to protect and maintain the houses through a long-term residential leasing program.

Battered by 70 years of sand and wind, four of the homes have been restored, but the House of Tomorrow, considered the most important and deteriorated of the five, is still awaiting a tenant to tackle its restoration.

Town Council President Geof Benson said he’s hoping someone will step forward and adopt the famous house.

“The town is very proud of its historic World’s Fair homes,” said Benson. “I’m trying to find out the details so I can sell the idea.”

The five homes were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Meanwhile, the Historic Landmarks Foundation has removed St. John’s Hospital in Gary from the list. It said the prospects for the hospital built in 1929 at 22nd Avenue and Massachusetts Street to treat blacks in Gary’s Midtown neighborhood, had improved.