Neville and Helen Farmer Lustron House

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Neville and Helen Farmer Lustron House
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Farmer Lustron House in March, 2013
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Location513 Drexel Ave., Decatur, Georgia
Coordinates 33°46′17″N84°18′31″W / 33.771389°N 84.308611°W / 33.771389; -84.308611 Coordinates: 33°46′17″N84°18′31″W / 33.771389°N 84.308611°W / 33.771389; -84.308611
Built1949
Architect Lustron Corporation
Architectural styleLustron
NRHP reference No. 96000211 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 19, 1996

The Neville and Helen Farmer Lustron House is a historic enameled steel prefabricated Lustron house in Decatur, Georgia. Designed and constructed by the Lustron Corporation, this example is one of two confirmed to have been built in Decatur.

The original owners who purchased the house from a Lustron Corporation franchise were Neville and Helen Farmer. It is one of ten built in the Atlanta area. [2]

Lustron houses were only produced during a two-year period, with 2,495 known to have been made. Only roughly 2,000 of these are still in existence. Many of those that do remain have been altered significantly.


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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Lisa Raflo (April 21, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Neville and Helen Farmer Lustron House". National Park Service . Retrieved March 10, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) with two photos from 1995 (see photo captions page 11 of text document)