Shirley Wallace lived in a unique Spartan Manor trailer from age three, all the way up until she went off to college in 1969.
Her father, Merrill Williams, was a finishing carpenter who bought the brand new 40-foot aluminum trailer in 1953. It was adequately-sized for the family of four at first, but a few years later, Shirley and her sister grew too big to sleep on the couch in the living room.
In 1957, Merrill built the trailer's incredible second story with two bedrooms for the girls.
Merrill's job took him all over California. When he moved, the trailer and his family came along and drove throughout the state of California. At only 13 feet 5 inches high, Merrill fitted the trailer so it could pass easily under freeway bridges.
The trailer has everything from a master bedroom, bathroom, fully stocked kitchen, hidden storage compartments, furnace, stove, shower and much, much more. The stairway to the second story is even an old closet.
In the video below, Shirley returns to the trailer — which she now owns — to give viewers a tour of awesome home in which she lived for 16 of her most formative years.
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