Marissa Glantz searched for a home to give her dog Tommy a backyard, and after a long search found "the perfect home at the ...

A Lustron home is currently for sale in Clintonville. Why it matters: It's one of about 2,500 built by a defunct Columbus company that tried to revolutionize the housing market with affordable, ...

Marissa Glantz searched for a home to give her dog Tommy a backyard, and after a long search found "the perfect home at the perfect time" with… ...

The durable steel Lustron homes in Minneapolis are a blast from the past— surviving examples of a midcentury design innovation. Minneapolis. 68°F. eEdition. Minnesota News You Can Use.

First off: Lustron home expert Tom Fetters doesn’t live in a Lustron. But he’s virtually surrounded by the 1950s-era, all-steel, enamel-clad ranch houses in Lombard, which he contends i… ...

The tiny houses, a post-World War II effort to provide affordable homes, were prefabricated of porcelain-enamel coated steel from 1948 through 1950 by Lustron Corp. of Ohio.

The name “Lustron” was derived from “luster on steel,” which is the first thing you notice when you walk into a Lustron home. HISTORY: With young veterans returning from World War II ...

Some Lustron homes have three bedrooms, but most are two-bedroom structures. Parker owns a 1,333 square-foot, two-bedroom model that also includes a conventionally-built room added to the back.

Our home is being watched. Men in dark SUVs idle in front of our maize yellow ranch, jot down notes, then speed off. They send boilerplate letters inviting me and my husband, Andrea, to discuss a ...