Levittown, Pennsylvania
- Date Range
- 1952 – 1958
- Title
- Levittown, Pennsylvania
- What occurred
- Levittown, Pennsylvania is one of the best examples we have of the transformation of suburban America. Levittown had two locations in the United Sates, the first being on Long Island, New York. William J. Levitt utilized a twenty-six step method in order to most efficiently mass produce cookie-cutter suburban homes as quickly as possible on a given land acreage. His assembly-line like production methods resulted in a finished house being produced roughly every 16 minutes, an absolute engineering marvel at the time. When all was said and done with original constructions, there were over 17,000 homes built in this Pennsylvanian town. Its relationship to our class and environmental history involves the town's ignorance of solar technologies and energy-efficient homes and its embracement of 100% electric homes. Levittown, Pennsylvania revolutionized the housing market, home construction, and most importantly the American suburb.
- Location
- Levittown, Pennsylvania, United States 19057
- Image Citation
- https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/171333
- Student name(s)
- Reed Karaska
Part of Levittown, Pennsylvania