Robert Gilmore LeTourneau, usually referred to as R.G., was known as the “dean of earthmoving” and “God's businessman.” At the urging of Caterpillar Tractor Company, he moved his manufacturing business from California to Peoria in 1935. After finding that many of the men he hired struggled to secure affordable housing in the Peoria area, LeTourneau, an innovative problem solver who received almost 300 patents in his lifetime, conceived and began building small all-steel homes to address the problem. Between 1936 and 1938, his factory built approximately 150 of these homes, marketed as “the carefree home,” and about two dozen of these structures still exist in the Peoria area. Construction ceased in 1938 as demand for steel increased with the beginning of World War II. In 2015, one of these “carefree homes” was discovered on the grounds of the former LeTourneau factory, then operated by Komatsu America. Never sold, it had been used as a manufacturing office within the factory complex. Long abandoned and intended to be scrapped during a factory renovation, the house was donated by Komatsu America to the Central Illinois Landmarks Foundation. From 2016 to 2018, it was renovated through a collaborative partnership with the Peoria Historical Society and the Wheels O' Time Museum. The grand opening of the renovated home was held on May 01, 2018. Its interior reflects the life of a family in 1938: an employee of the LeTourneau factory, his wife, and their eight year old son.