26-State Photo Tour of Selected Lustron Homes Each of Carl Strandlund's 2500 "Lustron Children" has had its own unique life experience. They were planted in diverse climates, on varied lots and were lived in by many different people. They were built in large cities, on farms, in remote towns, and on military bases. Lustrons were built from Alaska to Rhode Island, and Lousiana to North Dakota. Fifty seven years later, some are no longer with us. However, many stand strong today, validating the design for a home that would last with little maintenance. With the efforts of preservationists and homeowners who just love their Lustrons, we expect these curious homes will be here for a long time to come. Most Americans have never seen a Lustron home in person. Every year new flocks of architectural students from around the world visit Lustron websites to see a 1950s phenomenon. Internet blogs reveal young people are amazed and intrigued upon discovering there ever was such a home. Well there really was, and here are some of the survivors. This Page Requires High Speed Connection and Screen Setting of 1024 x 768 Pixels or Higher

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

 

 

 

 

Ypsilanti, Michigan

 

 

 

 

Deland, Illinois
Deland is a rural town, population 450, and is 23 miles west of Champaign

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hyannis (Cape Cod), Massachusetts
Just three blocks from Nantucket Sound and the Atlantic Ocean
Photo © Dave Doolittle, CapeCodPhotoAlbum.com ~ Slide Show Available For This Home - HERE

 

 

 

Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

 

 

 

Los Alamos, New Mexico
Nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory Is Location of WWII Manhattan Project

 

 

 

 

 

Lincolnshire, IL    Photograph © Sarah Soria 2007
This is one of eleven Lustrons built in a circle -- Photo Survey Of The Unusual Lustron Circle

 

 

 

 

 

Sydney, Nebraska

 

 

 

 

 

Ithaca, NY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheffield, Alabama

 

 

 

 

Wentzville, Missouri

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbia City...Tri-Lakes, Indiana
More Of This Luston Home In "Lustron Photos ~ Indiana"  "Stories" & "Interior Photos"

 

 

 

 

Louisville, Kentucky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

 

 

 

 

Quantico, Virginia
A Rare, Pink Lustron at Quantico Marine Base Lustron (More in Virginia Section)
Largest Lustron Neighborhood Anywhere. Many to be demolished or relocated.

 

 

 

 

Memphis, Tennessee
Next To Elvis' Graceland Mansion
Relative of Owner Hopes To Save This Home And Possibly Build a Museum . . . .MORE . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loudonville, NY
Another Lustron Being Swallowed Up . . . The Fate Of some Lustrons buit on large lots.
Upstate New York Home, September 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loudonville, NY
A Less Common Westchester Deluxe Three-Bedroom Home in Upstate New York
Small window in center is for a small bedroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barcroft (Arlington), Virginia home
Just before being demolished in April 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marion, OH

 

 

 

 

Ames, Iowa
A One Of A Kind, Oversized Lustron With Basement
See Related Story in Lustron Stories

 

 

 

 

 

Dayton, Ohio Area
Also, See Interiors Section

 

 

 

 

 

A Modern Steel Coastal Home
This is Kodiak's "Windmaster" Steel Home Designed For Hurricanes and Flooding
© Kodiak Steel Homes holds copyrights for this image. Used here with permission of K.S.H.

 

 

 

 

 

Forest Heights, Maryland

 

 

 

 

Loudonville, NY
Home of LustronConnection.org

 

 

 

 

 

Forest Heights, Maryland
A rare, custom built or modified Lustron ~ origins unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pierre, South Dakota

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huntington Station, NY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louisiana, Location Unknown
Damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Believed To Be Demolished
Photo by US FEMA

 

 

 

Detroit, Michigan
An uncommon brick treatment ~ from thickness, this looks like real brick, not an imitation facing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Madison, Wisconsin
A Happy Marriage of two 1950s Icons

 

 

 

 

 

Lincolnshire, IL
( Photograph © Copyright Sarah Soria 2007 )

 

 

 

 

Milford, Connecticut

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
  Parkersburg, West Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

Atlanta, Georgia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luce Rd., Williamstown, Massachusetts
Just After Construction in 1950

Flash Photo Sequence Of This Williamstown Home Construction 1949 -1950
Williamstown, MA photos courtesy © Peter Rogers & Paige Carter