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| Typical Lustron Home |
An entrepreneur dreamed of putting these things together and in 1948 they started production of the ceramic-coated steel, pre-fab houses at the Lustron factory in Columbus, Ohio.
These Plain Dealer pages from27 June 2004 detail some of the special features and challenges of living in a Lustron Home.
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| Steel walls make hanging things easy, with just a few magnets |
Most of these homes have since been re-sided and have lost the unique rectangular-siding appearance. The company only lasted a couple of years and went bankrupt in 1950.
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| Medina Gazette 16 Augutst 1949 p. 2 |
A gentleman involved in the assembly locally said 8 of these homes were built in Medina.
Only 3 are now known, two of which have been re-sided.
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| Medina Gazette 8 Nov. 1949 |
The Ohio History Connection has been highlighting this little known part of the post war era in their publications and in their exhibits in Columbus.
http://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/exhibits/ohio-history-center-exhibits/1950s-building-the-american-dream
If you are adventurous, travel down West Park Boulevard in Medina and see if you can find any of the Lustron homes there!
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Very interesting topic! I had no idea these types of houses existed.
Thanks for the feedback!
Fascinated by the original pre-fab homes. I've always been interested in the Sears ones.
There are a number of the Sears Pre-fab homes in the West Park Boulevard/Oak Street neighborhood, according to people who have lived there a long time.
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