Hiawatha Thompson Estes (January 26, 1918 – May 8, 2003) was a

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and author known for designing a large number of variations of the ubiquitous post-war ranch home,

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plans of them, and publishing a number of books dealing with residential architecture. Estes was a Chickasaw Indian Nation member. He graduated from the

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and served in

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as a captain in the

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37th Fighter Squadron. After the war, Estes founded "Architectural House and Plan Business, Nationwide Plan Book", which was to evolve into Hiawatha Estes and Associates. Estes was a resident of Northridge, California, a neighborhood of

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, and remarkable for the number and diversity of ranch homes, some of which are Hiawatha Estes designs. Estes was related to Senator Helen TeAta Cole, his cousin, also of

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Published books

* Homes by Hiawatha 1974 * Prize homes 1978, 1981 eds * Ranch & modern homes 1978 1918 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American architects 20th-century Native Americans Chickasaw people University of Oklahoma alumni United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II United States Army Air Forces officers 21st-century Native Americans {{Oklahoma-stub