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title: "First concrete house"  
description: "A brief explanation about the concrete house and its origin"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-17  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2916/first-concrete-house  
category: "life-style"  
tags: ["concrete house", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# First concrete house

![First concrete house](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c693b53f-5045-453a-baad-dff51e06e29b/images/ba2f0e6d-1679-4ac0-87c6-e4c749887c24.jpeg) ![First concrete house](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c693b53f-5045-453a-baad-dff51e06e29b/images/59df4054-aa16-409f-b193-864478e238fb.jpeg) In 1854, William B. Wilkinson built the first concrete house in England, which was a servant's cottage. ![First concrete house](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c693b53f-5045-453a-baad-dff51e06e29b/images/4f378154-e40d-4454-b2db-72b6459404bc.jpeg) The structure was constructed using unreinforced concrete, a blend of cement, water, and aggregate like sand and gravel. ![First concrete house](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c693b53f-5045-453a-baad-dff51e06e29b/images/4f378154-e40d-4454-b2db-72b6459404bc.jpeg) When subjected to bending or stretching pressures, unreinforced concrete can easily break due to its strength in compression but weakness in tension. ![First concrete house](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c693b53f-5045-453a-baad-dff51e06e29b/images/5782d62b-3215-4ad5-944a-b72fbecf5a42.jpeg) Joseph Monier invented reinforced concrete in 1867, adding steel rods or mesh to unreinforced concrete for increased tensile strength and durability. ![First concrete house](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c693b53f-5045-453a-baad-dff51e06e29b/images/fbcf34b2-b888-4aca-8ec9-ef22dd1ce4d3.jpeg) The first reinforced concrete house was built in 1875 by American mechanical engineer William Ward in Port Chester, New York. ![First concrete house](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c693b53f-5045-453a-baad-dff51e06e29b/images/c5023a34-e124-48f6-adf1-9e3b3bb7581c.jpeg) Ward's house is still standing today, and it is considered to be the oldest surviving reinforced concrete house in the United States. ![First concrete house](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/c693b53f-5045-453a-baad-dff51e06e29b/images/ba2f0e6d-1679-4ac0-87c6-e4c749887c24.jpeg) Concrete buildings gained popularity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Today, concrete is a globally popular building material.

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