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August 19, 2007

Local Lustron Home Lures Another Enthusiast

The Lustron home, one of the many prefabricated solutions to the post-war housing shortage, formed the housing stock of a few neighborhoods in nearby Bedford Park. The enamel-coated metal houses have their fanatics, who strive to preserve surviving examples. To read one story of one convert’s luck strike follow the link to the Sun-Times article. To learn more about the Lustron Homes follow the link to Lustron Home: the History of a Post-War Prefabricated Housing Experiment from our catalog.

Posted by hinsdalereference at August 19, 2007 12:02 PM