{"id":265282,"date":"2026-04-13T08:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265282\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:27:21","slug":"april-18-auburn-hills-historical-society-hosting-presentation-on-kit-homes-in-oakland-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265282\/","title":{"rendered":"April 18 &#8211; Auburn Hills Historical Society Hosting Presentation on Kit Homes in Oakland County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joinsimpliHOM.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-161656 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/simpliHOM_agent-ad_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>April 18 \u2013 Auburn Hills Historical Society Hosting Presentation on Kit Homes in Oakland County<\/p>\n<p>Auburn Hills, MI \u2013 The early part of the 20th Century saw an American phenomenon in single family housing made possible by a confluence of events. The assembly line process Henry Ford brought to automobile manufacture was extended to home building.<\/p>\n<p>Never before in history was there such a choice in housing for the average person. From the planned communities for worker housing to mail order houses, families could achieve the American Dream. Oakland County was no exception and many of the houses we admire today are the result of kit homes and mail order houses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.auburnhills.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kit-Home-Presentation-Image-1-768x423.webp\"   alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"423\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about this integral piece of local history at the Auburn Hills Historical Society\u2019s spring presentation on April 18.<\/p>\n<p>Join us from 10:30 AM to noon at the Auburn Hills Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Presenter Ron Campbell is principal Planner &amp; Preservation Architect for Oakland County Economic Development Services. Presentation is FREE to the public.<\/p>\n<p>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auburnhills.org\/the-kit-kaboodle-on-kit-homes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.auburnhills.org\/the-kit-kaboodle-on-kit-homes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallowayhommel.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-164070 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Galloway-Homm-LLP.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandcounty115.com\/reporter-food-index\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-166554 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/restaurant-quest_010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/auburnhills.org\/community\/downtown\/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-153742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AD_OaklandCountyTimes_2023864-x-216-v6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandcounty115.com\/sponsorshipadvertising\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-154178 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Advertise-Here-Oakland-County-Times_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oakgov.com\/community\/oakland-county-parks\/golf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-167649 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OCP-golf-ad-3-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"216\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandcounty115.com\/2026\/04\/12\/april-18-auburn-hills-historical-society-hosting-presentation-on-kit-homes-in-oakland-county\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/>Save this post to PDF<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandcounty115.com\/2026\/04\/12\/april-18-auburn-hills-historical-society-hosting-presentation-on-kit-homes-in-oakland-county\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/>Print this post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 18 \u2013 Auburn Hills Historical Society Hosting Presentation on Kit Homes in Oakland County Auburn Hills, MI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-265282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}