The world's largest erector set: the Lustron was a house you put together with a screwdriver. It was metal, yet would never rust. It was ingeniously heated and insulated. It came on a truck ready for assembly. A brilliant design produced only a few years after WWII, the Lustron now has a cult following to repair and preserve them -- or assemble ones long in storage. Author Tom Fetters is King of Lustrons, the go-to guy for anything about these unique houses. He also has interests in railroad...
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Today on USModernist Radio it's a full slate of great guests: art collector, model collector, race car driver, softball player, and architect Ronnette Riley, project lead for the Lipstick Building in New York designed by Philip Johnson. Later on, Virginia Faust talks about the venerable Lustron, the house of the future that didn't make it, plus special musical guest Leonardo with the world's only Lustron song, and a new feature - architect Frank Harmon reading from his new book of sketches and...
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Arlington Virginia's effort to move an preserve a Lustron House. The house is expected to be shipped to New York's Museum of Modern Art.
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Arlington County Historic Preservation program manager Cynthia Liccese-Torres gives a workshop on how to research the history of your house using a combination of online resources and the holdings of the Center for Local History at the Arlington Public Library. Homes examined in depth are the Broadview and Lustron houses. This workshop was co-sponsored by the Arlington Historical Society, Preservation Arlington and the Arlington Public Library.
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A segment of AVN's monthly magazine show, "Here/now", "Artscape" takes a look at all things cultural around Arlington. This episode follows Arlington County's own Krowne Lustron House, as it takes up residence for the summer in New York's Museum of Modern Art for the exhibit: "Home Delivery."
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Lustron Homes Under Attack In Milwaukee
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Raleigh’s Lustron Home Saved! A joint venture with Raleigh Historic Development Commission, Preservation North Carolina, and the City of Raleigh has saved our last known Lustron House from destruction. On Saturday, September 23, 2017 the house moved from its original home to 314 Haywood Street. Over the coming months it will be placed on a new foundation and reassembled. It will be available for sale soon and will require additional rehabilitation work including finishing the interior. The...
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x, 248 p. : 24 cm. cm
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Raleigh’s Lustron Home Saved! A joint venture with Raleigh Historic Development Commission, Preservation North Carolina, and the City of Raleigh has saved our last known Lustron House from destruction. The Lustron Corporation was a company based in Columbus, Ohio, that manufactured houses made out of enameled steel. American veterans returning from World War II battlefields were faced with a critical shortage of affordable housing. ... It was an unprecedented government venture into the...
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The Lustron Home Erection Manual for the 02 Model home. The Lustron Corporation sold steel homes made of enamel coated pieces for new owners to construct themselves, primarily targeted at returning GIs. This Manual Copy was acquired from the Whitehall Historical Society of Whitehall, Ohio. This manual is apparently from 1949 based on dates of dated page schematics.
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