5600 Executive Parkway, Elkhart, IN 46514(574) 293-2344
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Class of 1973MH · Manufactured Housing

Rex R. Anderson

MH Industry

Biography

Innovator in trailer manufacturing beginning in 1924, he had 13 patents. He patented an in-floor heating system and devised the sideways assembly line; he was the first to install a full size bath tub in his trailers. He was one of the founders of the Mobilehome Craftsmen’s Guild Gold Seal program. Most mobile homes today have his heating compartment.