Lustron homes

renovated interior of home in Gastonia, NC

image from trianglemodernisthouses.com 

 largest collection of Lustrons at Quantico Marine Base in Virginia

image from preservationnation.org

Triangle Modernist Houses recently posted a note about a Lustron home in Nasheville, NC that was for sale and facing demolition so that the land it was on could be used as a parking lot.  It mentioned that Lustron's were a prefab home produced in the 50's made of steel and porcelain coated steel.  This made me curious...and so I looked into it!  They were produced in response to a housing shortage after WWII and were built to be to be maintenance free and affordable (around $7,000.00).

The home sold (to someone in Greensboro!) and I have since found that there are a handful of Lustrons still scattered around NC.

some other sources of Lustron info.:

http://www.lustronconnection.org/whatislustron.html

http://www.lustronpreservation.org/