List of Lustron houses
This is a list of notable Lustron houses. A Lustron house is a home built using enamelized metal. There were thousands of prefabricated homes built in this manner.[1]
Numerous Lustron houses have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Lustron houses
Notable Lustron houses include:
Alabama
- Lustron House on Columbiana Road, Birmingham, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Jefferson County
- E. H. Darby Lustron House, Florence, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Lauderdale County
- John D. and Katherine Gleissner Lustron House, Birmingham, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Jefferson County
- Doit W. McClellan Lustron House, Jackson, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Clarke County
- J. P. McKee Lustron House, Jackson, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Clarke County
- E.L. Newman Lustron House, Sheffield, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Colbert County
- William Bowen Lustron House, Florence, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Lauderdale County
- Bernice L. Wright Lustron House, Birmingham, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Jefferson County
- Margaret Quayle Lustron House, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, listed on the NRHP in Tuscaloosa County
Arkansas
- Mary H. Matthews Lustron House, Little Rock, Arkansas
Florida
- Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, listed on the NRHP in Broward County
Georgia
- Thomas and Rae Epting Lustron House, Atlanta, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Fulton County
- William and Ruth Knight Lustron House, Atlanta, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Fulton County
- Jack and Helen Adams Lustron House, Atlanta, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Fulton County
- Lustron House at 1200 Fifth Avenue, Albany, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Dougherty County
- Lustron House at 3498 McKenzie Drive, Macon, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Bibb County
- Lustron House at 547 Oak Avenue, Americus, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Sumter County
- Lustron House at 711 Ninth Avenue, Albany, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Dougherty County
- Russell and Nelle Pines Lustron House, Decatur, Georgia, once listed on the NRHP in DeKalb County
- Neville and Helen Farmer Lustron House, Decatur, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in DeKalb County
Illinois
- Lustron House, 7710 W 66th Street, Bedford Park, IL 60501
- Lustron House, South Main Street at West Dolph Street, Yorkville not listed on the NRHP in Kendall County
- Lustron House, Champaign-Urbana (one is on Lincoln south of Green - east side of street).
- Lustron House, Highland on Poplar Street near 8th Street. Real Estate Listing notes it was built in 1950.
- Lustron House, Highland on Laurel Street, South end of the street, East side of street.
- Lustron House, Stonegate Circle in Lincolnshire, IL is a largely intact neighborhood of Lustron homes.
- Lustron House, Rosedale Ave in Aurora, at 119, 34, 32, 16 Rosedale Avenue.
- Lustron House, 400 block of Indiana Ave, Salem
- Lustron house, Model 02, Serial number 01391, 1011 W Hill St., Champaign, IL
- Lustron house, 1201 W Green St., Champaign, IL
- Lustron house, 110 S Glover St., Urbana, IL
- Lustron house, corner of Elmwood and Clark St, Champaign, IL
- Lustron house, 2545 Lake Avenue Wilmette, IL 60091
Indiana
- Lustron House, Beverly Shores, Porter County, IN (previously at 103 Lake Front Drive, Beverly Shores).
- Lustron House, 104 State Park Road, Beverly Shores, Porter County, IN
- Lustron House, 222 N Carroll Ave, Michigan City, Porter County, IN
- Lustron House, Stephens Street, Chesterton, Porter County, IN (previously at 204 Lake Front Drive, Beverly Shores, Porter County, IN)[3]
- Norris and Harriet Coambs Lustron House, Chesterton, Indiana, listed on the NRHP in Porter, Indiana
- Roy and Iris Corbin Lustron House, Indianapolis, Indiana, listed on the NRHP in Marion County
Iowa
- Lustron Home No. 02102 - 2009 Williams Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Listed on the NRHP in Linn County.
Missouri
- Several Lustron houses located in Brentwood and Kirkwood, Missouri. There are also at least 2 in St. Charles county one in the cities of St. Charles and one next to I-70 in Wentzville. There is also one in Velda Village Missouri and One in St. Louis City 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. There are also two houses on McDonald Ave in the Tower Grove South Neighborhood in St. Louis City
In Kansas City there are at least 10 or more. This includes the Kansas suburb. IN south Kansas City there are at least 6 in a mile radius. Three together on one street.
New Jersey
- Harold Hess Lustron House, Closter Borough, New Jersey, listed on the NRHP in Bergen County
- William A. Wittmer Lustron House, Alpine Borough, New Jersey, listed on the NRHP in New Bergen County
New York
- Lustron Houses of Jermain Street Historic District, Albany, New York, listed on the NRHP in Albany County
- Bishop Family Lustron House, Schenectady, New York, listed on the NRHP in Schenectady County
- Lustron House, 9 Sanborn Ave, Plattsburgh, NY 12901
- Lustron House of Roxford Road South, Syracuse, New York for sale $75,000 call 315-446-2910 Robert S.
There is a lustrous house on Palmer Avenue in Balloon lake , NY Visual I.D.
Ohio
- Lustron House, 2812 Rogers Rd, Youngstown, Ohio
- Lustron House,[4] 272 East Weisheimer, Columbus, Ohio
- Lustron House,[5] 27 Kanawha, Columbus, Ohio
- Lustron House,[6] 185 Arden, Columbus, Ohio
- Lustron House,[7] 214 Arden, Columbus, Ohio
- Lustron House 130 Woodley Ave.Findlay Ohio - number 665
Oklahoma
- Josephine Reifsnyder Lustron House, Stillwater, Oklahoma
South Dakota
- Faye Bowden-Agnus Saunders House, Huron, South Dakota, listed on the NRHP in Beadle County
- Margaret and Vernon Maxon House, Huron, South Dakota, listed on the NRHP in Beadle County
- Mitchell Lustron Historic District, Mitchell, South Dakota, listed on the NRHP in Davison County
- Peter Hansen House, Pierre, South Dakota, listed on the NRHP in Hughes County
Tennessee
- Caldwell Lustron House, Union City, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Obion County
- 2399 Eastwood Avenue, Binghampton, Memphis, Tennessee
- 3608 Charleswood Avenue, High Point Terrace, Memphis, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Shelby County
Virginia
- 5201 12th Street, South, Arlington, Virginia, surveyed by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS),[8] demolished October 24, 2016.
West Virginia
- 2213 Hess Ave, Wheeling, West Virginia
Wisconsin
7502 21st Ave, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143 [1] [2]
3901 Taft Road, Kenosha, WI 53142 [3] [4]
3802 West Capitol Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 3802 West Capitol Drive
419 8th Avenue, New Glarus, Wisconsin
105 North Jefferson Street, Waterford, Wisconsin
See also
References
- ^ "Closter to weigh development plan including donation of history-rich home". NorthJersey.com.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Lustron house saved by relocating; Alexandra Newman; Chesterton Tribune, 7/11/2003
- ^ "Clintonville & Beechwold » Blog Archive » Lustron Houses". clintonvillehistory.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ^ "Clintonville & Beechwold » Blog Archive » Lustron Houses". clintonvillehistory.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ^ "Clintonville & Beechwold » Blog Archive » Lustron Houses". clintonvillehistory.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ^ "Clintonville & Beechwold » Blog Archive » Lustron Houses". clintonvillehistory.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ^ "5201 12th Street, South (Lustron House), Arlington, Arlington County, VA". Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). National Park Service. Retrieved 7 January 2014.