List of Lustron houses

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Evans Lustron House in Columbus, Indiana Evans Lustron House.png
Evans Lustron House in Columbus, Indiana

This is a list of notable Lustron houses. A Lustron house is a home built using enameled metal. There were about 2500 prefabricated homes built in this manner. [1] [2]

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Numerous Lustron houses have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]

Lustron houses

Bernice L. Wright Lustron House, Birmingham, Alabama Lustron House at 2424 Cahaba Road in Bimingham AL.jpg
Bernice L. Wright Lustron House, Birmingham, Alabama
Lustron houses on Jermain Street in Albany, New York Jermain Street Albany.JPG
Lustron houses on Jermain Street in Albany, New York
Roy and Iris Corbin Lustron House, Indianapolis, Indiana Roy and Iris Corbin Lustron House.jpg
Roy and Iris Corbin Lustron House, Indianapolis, Indiana

Notable surviving Lustron houses include:

Alabama

Arkansas

Florida

Georgia

Jack and Helen Adams Lustron House, Atlanta, Georgia Georgia20131016 129 Jack and Helen Adams Lustron House.jpg
Jack and Helen Adams Lustron House, Atlanta, Georgia

Illinois

Algonquin

Arlington Heights

Aurora

Bedford Park

Belleville

Belvidere

Bloomington

Brookfield

Champaign-Urbana

Des Plaines

Geneva

German Valley

Havana

Highland

Jacksonville

Leland

Lincolnshire

Litchfield

Lombard

Macomb

McHenry

Mendota

Palatine

Peotone

Princeton

Rockford

Salem

Skokie

Springfield

Sycamore

West Chicago

Wilmette

Yorkville

Indiana

Lustron House, 49 Maple St, Danville, IN 46122

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Kentucky boasts some 36 remaining examples of Lustron houses. These homes were said to "provide new and richer experiences for the whole family, where mother has far more hours, youngsters have far fewer worries, and far more leisure for dad."

http://www.lustronpreservation.org/lustron-library[ dead link ‍]

Louisiana

Lustron house in Hollygrove, New Orleans with post-Hurricane Katrina search & rescue marking. The exterior has since been painted over. New Orleans Lustron 3635 Livingston Street.jpg
Lustron house in Hollygrove, New Orleans with post-Hurricane Katrina search & rescue marking. The exterior has since been painted over.

New Orleans

Over a dozen Lustron houses known to have been constructed in New Orleans, about half still existed as of February 2019, some in substantially altered condition. All documented Lustron houses erected in New Orleans were Winchester models. A possibly unique "double bungalow" constructed of two Lustron houses joined together is located at 9412-14 Stroelitz Street. [7]

  • Lustron House - 128 Central Park Place, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Lustron House - 3700 Cherry Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Lustron House - 3704 Cherry Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Lustron House - 3629 Livingston Street, New Orleans, Louisiana - stuccoed over in late 2000's
  • Lustron House - 3635 Livingston Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Lustron House - 9412-14 Stroelitz Street, New Orleans, Louisiana - Double constructed of two joined Lustron Houses
  • Julius Reese Residence - 4940 St. Roch Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Lustron House - 41 Wren Street, New Orleans, Louisiana - demolished late 2019

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

There are a number of Lustron houses located in Brentwood. Many of them are original and many of them have been sided, have additions, or have had the windows replaced with vinyl. There are also 3 in St. Charles, Missouri that are all owned by the same owner, and one next to I-70 in Wentzville. There is also one in Velda Village Missouri and two in St. Louis City on McDonald in the Tower Grove South neighborhood, No. 00804.

There are also 5 Lustron homes in the Kansas City area near 85th and Wornall Road. One of them was the display model and residence of the local sales representative. Local legend says that the salesman came home one day and told his wife that he no longer had a job because the company was bankrupt, but they still had their house.

In Kansas City there are at least 10 or more. This includes the Kansas City suburbs. In south Kansas City there are at least 6 in a mile radius. Three together on one street. Two are found north of Kansas City in Cameron.

Nebraska

New Jersey

New York

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North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Northwest

Northeast

Central

Southwest

Southeast

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

West Virginia

There are at least four of these homes in the Kanawha City section of Charleston, WV, and four located in the Morgantown, WV area.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin received about 100 or so Lustron homes, built between 1948 and 1950. [36]

Appleton

Beloit

Black River Falls

Burlington

Eau Claire

Fond du Lac

Green Bay

Hillsboro

Janesville

Kenosha

La Crosse

Lake Geneva

Madison

Marshall

Menasha

Middleton

7120 North Ave, Middleton, WI Yellow.

Milwaukee

In Milwaukee, 15 Lustron homes survive, as of 2014, in a cluster around Lincoln Creek north of Capitol Drive and Cooper Park. These are mostly the Winchester model, but the home at 5520 W. Philip Pl., which has a "unique blue and yellow color scheme, is almost certainly one of the early Esquire “demonstration” homes, which first appeared in 1946." [39]

Monona

Mount Horeb

New Glarus

Oshkosh

Portage

1125 West Wisconsin St, Portage, WI

Shullsburg

Verona

Waterford

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Closter to weigh development plan including donation of history-rich home". NorthJersey.com.
  3. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Rare Arlington Heights Lustron home meets wrecking ball". Daily Herald. September 17, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  5. ↑ Lustron house saved by relocating; Alexandra Newman; Chesterton Tribune, 7/11/2003
  6. ↑ "Grant funding fuels documentation of Lustron houses and other historic treasures in Louisiana". March 2022.
  7. ↑ Concrete & Steel 1946-1950
  8. ↑ "304 Center St, Dowagiac, MI 49047". realtor.com®. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
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  10. ↑ Fetters, Thomas (2006). The Lustron Home: The History of a Postwar Prefabricated Housing Experiment. McFarland & Company. ISBN   978-0-7864-2655-3. OCLC   945186803.
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  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ann Arbor's Steel Houses | Ann Arbor District Library". aadl.org. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Lustron Locator Map". The Lustron Locator. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  14. ↑ "2022 Lakeway Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 | Zillow".
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  16. ↑ "A Look Inside Rare Lustron Home for Sale in Oak Park • Oakland County Times". Oakland County Times. January 11, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
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  18. ↑ Redfin. "4900 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55417 | MLS# 2107820". US-MN: Redfin. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  19. ↑ Redfin. "4916 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55417 | MLS# 4729630". US-MN: Redfin. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
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  23. ↑ "Rare steel home in Minneapolis is a $350K time capsule with sliding 'spaceship' doors". Star Tribune .
  24. ↑ "Steel Lustron homes in Minneapolis are a blast from the past". Star Tribune .
  25. ↑ "Airbnb: Vacation Rentals, Cabins, Beach Houses, Unique Homes & Experiences".
  26. ↑ "The Luster of Lustron". November 9, 2018.
  27. ↑ "2820 Roosevelt St NE, Saint Anthony, MN 55418 - 2 beds/1 bath".
  28. ↑ "1270 10th Ave N, Saint Cloud, MN 56303 | Zillow".
  29. ↑ "Building Record for 111 Halcyon Hill, HistoryForge, Tompkins County, NY" . Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  30. ↑ "Shauna Teelin Liverpool, NY REALTOR®". www.howardhanna.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020.
  31. ↑ "Cheap Old Houses ™ on Instagram: "4908 13th St SW, Canton, OH — A follower just sent me this perfectly-preserved Lustron house and I thought you would all love it. If you're not yet familiar with Lustron houses, I've posted a fair number of them and they're fascinating... They're prefab homes made of enameled steel in response to the housing shortage for returning GIs after WWII. In many of the ones I've posted, the kitchen and bathrooms have been remodeled... But these haven't! Listed by Amy Wengerd of EXP Realty, LLC. "Welcome to 4908 13th st! Take a step back in time when you walk into this cozy 2 bedroom 1 bath ranch home. The living room features a large picture window that brings in a lot of natural lighting, built-in shelving, and carpet that flows into the open dining room. In the fully applianced kitchen, you will find metal cabinets and a retro-style backsplash. This home also has a spacious master bedroom featuring a built-in vanity with tons of storage space, and a bathroom with a tub/Shower and single vanity. A detached 2 car garage is in the back with an enclosed patio perfect for any gatherings. Conveniently located near schools, shopping, dining and more! Schedule your showing today to see what this home has to offer!" — link in profile #cheapoldhousesoh"".
  32. ↑ "1500 Merl Ave, Cleveland, OH 44109 | Trulia".
  33. ↑ http://madisonoh.ddti.net/Data.aspx?ParcelID=07-00325.000 [ dead link ]
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  35. ↑ "5201 12th Street, South (Lustron House), Arlington, Arlington County, VA". Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). National Park Service. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  36. 1 2 Karen Rivedal (March 16, 2011). "Marshall house on the market is a real 'steel'". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  37. ↑ Hands On Wisconsin (September 20, 2016). "Norb's Lustron All Metal House". YouTube. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  38. ↑ 200 Elm Street, in Google streetview
  39. ↑ Christopher Hillard (July 7, 2014). "The Enduring Luster Of Lustron Homes". Urban Milwaukee.
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