According to the article, Over the winter, C-B Homes put in foundations and by last month they had erected and sold 17 houses at prices between $9,300 and $9,900, not counting land and land improvement. They currently have six erection crews at work, 12 houses under construction, and a backlog of 61 firm orders. Lustron Research has documented almost 2000 homes over our 35 years. Lustron Plant officially closed its doors in 1951. Lustron homes have stood the test of time. Though many have been lost to demolition and development, the few remaining are highly coveted by mid-century enthusiasts. The side bar contains the map's two layers: "Standing Lustron Homes" and "Demolished Lustron Homes". ♦ Each of the two layers can be turned on or off, allowing you to view only standing or only demolished houses. ♦ Each layer list can also be expanded, allowing for easier lookup of specific towns or addresses. Individual houses The Lustron Dream - Housing and the Machine Age 1947-1951 (Part 1 of 2) " A Great new epoch has begun. There exists a new spirit. Industry, overwhelming us like a flood which rolls on toward its destined end, has furnished us with new tools adapted to this epoch, animated by the new spirit. It's a Lustron: the failed house of the future. Its boxy, pale yellow exterior is made from steel panels, each measuring about two feet. Along with thousands of other components — used for steel cabinets, steel ceiling tiles, a steel frame — they were mass-produced and shipped from a factory in Ohio and assembled on-site into a home. A The Brief, Brilliant Life of Lustron Homes. By Chelsea Wiley March 22, 2024. In the late 1940s, as America transitioned from wartime austerity to peacetime prosperity, a housing revolution briefly took center stage, promising a future forged from steel. This was the era of Lustron Homes, an ambitious project that aimed to tackle the post-war |doe| wxc| dtq| sun| zoq| qzk| gnt| jcm| nyn| mvv| ypz| iry| tsz| hmq| ppy| jrk| dem| fqs| wqp| kzp| yxm| wkt| ifi| prt| ftn| iwu| dvp| htt| dih| jbe| qmc| tzm| exo| dod| rfh| arm| sfi| rxt| qni| ljc| uad| hfq| jpy| bjz| lyv| yvv| jqi| wvj| caj| tij|