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Even the Tillotson home is made of slip-formed concrete

Jan8 by baggyparagraphs

The Tillotson home atop a knoll in the Ponca Hills, north of Omaha, was completed in the early 1950s and is seen here in the late-1970s or early 1980s.

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This entry was posted in Reginald Oscar Tillotson, Their Work, Tillotson Construction Company and tagged architecture, R.O Tillotson, slip-formed concrete, Tillotson Construction.

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