Everyone’s heard of Nissen huts and Quonset huts, but I hadn’t heard about Dallas huts until I came across the term in a book I’m reading.
Why didn’t the term ‘Dallas hut’ enter the popular consciousness as the other two did?
I’ve never heard of one.
Found a couple of images, and it seems like they are not that distinctive looking as compared to a small wood or cinderblock slab house you might find on an army base or in a poor part of town.
As opposed to a quonset hut, which has a very distinctive cylindrical shape.
On a semi-related note, there are some interesting repurposed structures on Topsail Island in NC:
The square block observation towers from WWII have been converted into a variety of houses, motels, and other businesses.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29276830@N02/4479960555/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29276830@N02/4479959045/in/photostream/
True. I suppose that they looked like any other small frame building. Maybe people just called them ‘shacks’ and differentiate between them and ‘shack’ shacks.
EDIT: That was IRT awldune’s first post.
His profile says 925. Let’s hope he’s not awldune. 