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[…] OHI Number Present/ Other NameAddress/ Location City County Region Estimated Construction Date Architectural Style Arch i tect/ Architectural Firm/ Contractor (if known) Historic Use(s) Data Source CLA0120501 Lustron House 214 E McCreight AveSpringfield Clark Dayton-Western Ohio1948 Lustron Corp/ Porcelain Steel Building Company Single Dwelling OHI Database COL0034718 Lustron House 1611 Pennslyvania AveEast Liverpool Columbiana […]
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[…] of approaches, including various schemes for prefabricating dwellings and with adapting non-traditional materials, such as steel, for building houses. From this dilemma, Carl Strandlund conceived Ohio’s iconic Lustron House (Lustron Preservation 2010). During the war years, the Swedish-born Strandlund, an engineer by training, worked for the Chicago Vitreous Enamel Product Company. After the war’s […]
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[…] This resulted in miles of identical housing in planned neighborhoods made affordable to the average American family. The cheap, easy to assemble ‘kit’ homes, such as the Lustron Homes, Sears Cata log Homes, and Forest City Enterprises, Inc., grew in popularity during this period, even though kit houses were available since the early twentieth […]
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[…] is dependent on professionals and passionate individuals to propel the field into the 21st century. Preservation is experiencing many changes, with the use of new technologies, modern architecture becoming historic and increased diversity represented in heritage sites. Through active involvement by young preservationists, historic preservation initiatives can ensure longevity and overcome the perception that preservation is stagnant. The Young Ohio Preservationists, organized under the auspices of the statewide nonprofit Heritage Ohio, seek to foster a passion for preservation in young professionals through hands-on workshops, networking and community projects. Young Ohio Preservationists has developed into a collaborative efort that highlights activities across the state. Across the nation and Ohio, young preservationists are making an impact. In Columbus, art co-operative TacoCat collaborated with the Whitehall Historical Society on a Lustron art fundraiser; young artists created pieces from Lustron porcelain-enameled steel panels originally made for use in building Lustron steel houses in the 1940s, and a portion of the proceeds from the art show benefited the Lustron Preservation Society and the Whitehall Historical Society, whose headquarters is in a 1949 Lustron steel house built in Columbus. Creatively engaging audiences to learn about heritage or architecture is something that can be seen across Ohio. Members of Cincinnati Preservation Collective have organized preservation bike rides, created stylized drawings of significant structures in the city for promotion and dressed as buildings for parades. Cleveland has experienced a boost in young preservation activity largely due to eforts made by Cleveland Restoration Society to involve young Clevelanders creatively through social media and an emphasis on making preservation accessible to broad audiences. […]
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[…] is dependent on professionals and passionate individuals to propel the field into the 21st century. Preservation is experiencing many changes, with the use of new technologies, modern architecture becoming historic and increased diversity represented in heritage sites. Through active involvement by young preservationists, historic preservation initiatives can ensure longevity and overcome the perception that preservation is stagnant. The Young Ohio Preservationists, organized under the auspices of the statewide nonprofit Heritage Ohio, seek to foster a passion for preservation in young professionals through hands-on workshops, networking and community projects. Young Ohio Preservationists has developed into a collaborative efort that highlights activities across the state. Across the nation and Ohio, young preservationists are making an impact. In Columbus, art co-operative TacoCat collaborated with the Whitehall Historical Society on a Lustron art fundraiser; young artists created pieces from Lustron porcelain-enameled steel panels originally made for use in building Lustron steel houses in the 1940s, and a portion of the proceeds from the art show benefited the Lustron Preservation Society and the Whitehall Historical Society, whose headquarters is in a 1949 Lustron steel house built in Columbus. Creatively engaging audiences to learn about heritage or architecture is something that can be seen across Ohio. Members of Cincinnati Preservation Collective have organized preservation bike rides, created stylized drawings of significant structures in the city for promotion and dressed as buildings for parades. Cleveland has experienced a boost in young preservation activity largely due to eforts made by Cleveland Restoration Society to involve young Clevelanders creatively through social media and an emphasis on making preservation accessible to broad audiences. […]
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[…] Revised Program "Utilization of Materials to M eet Housing Needs of Rural Families." Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, 1965. Repository: Cincinnati Public Library. Featherstone, Ray. Lustron Homes Research Collection . Repository: Ohio Historical Society Archives/Library. Field, Wooster Bard. House Planning. New York, London, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Incorporated, 1940. Reposito ry: Cleveland Public […]
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[…] block). The Permastone Company of Columbus was founded in the late 1920s and marketed a simulated masonry product that was widely used in the Modern era. The Lustron Company, also of Columbus, manufactured pre ‐fabricated porcelain enameled steel houses. The period 1940 through 1970 witnessed a great deal of development of new materials and […]
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[…] block). The Permastone Company of Columbus was founded in the late 1920s and marketed a simulated masonry product that was widely used in the Modern era. The Lustron Company, also of Columbus, manufactured pre ‐fabricated porcelain enameled steel houses. The period 1940 through 1970 witnessed a great deal of development of new materials and […]