atompunkinspired:With almost 70% of American citizens…

atompunkinspired:

With almost 70% of American citizens convinced nuclear war was imminent in the early 1960’s, the market for backyard bunkers and underground living was huge.

With the idea that a family might have to live for years underground after an atomic war due to radiation, visionary Jay Swayze created the ‘ship in a bottle’ concept, where a full-sized house could be built within a concrete shell, decoratively painted to resemble the outside world. 

This particular underground world was designed for Girard Henderson, and features two houses and outside ‘yard space’. 

My word! So beautiful it almost doesn’t seem crazy to just move in…