John D. and Katherine Gleissner Lustron House

The John D. and Katherine Gleissner Lustron House is a historic enameled steel prefabricated house in Birmingham, Alabama. Designed and constructed by the Lustron Corporation, this example is one of three confirmed to have been built in Birmingham. Another, the Bernice L. Wright Lustron House, is just one house over from the Gleissner Lustron House.[2]

John D. and Katherine Gleissner Lustron House
Gleissner Lustron in 2011
Location2420 Cahaba Rd., Birmingham, Alabama
Coordinates33°29′27″N 86°46′44″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1949
ArchitectKoch, Carl & Associates; Lustron Corporation
Architectural styleLustron House
MPSLustron Houses in Alabama, MPS
NRHP reference No.00000133 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 2000

Lustron houses were only produced during a two-year period, with 2,495 known to have been made. A majority of those originally constructed (roughly 2,000) are still standing today. Many of those that do remain have been altered significantly. Twenty Lustron houses are known to have been ordered in Alabama, although it is not clear if twenty were erected. Only eleven remained in 2000.[2]

The house forms part of the National Register of Historic Places' Lustron Houses in Alabama MPS.[2] It was placed on the National Register on February 24, 2000, due to its architectural significance.[1] The house was slated for demolition in 2015 to make way for a condominium development.[3]

Architecture

The Gleissner Lustron House is an example of Lustron's "Westchester" 3-bedroom model. It retains the original enameled steel roof, wall panels, and "zig-zag" support column, although a wood-frame porch extension has been added to the original porch and all of it screened in. Lustron houses came in several exterior colors. The Gleissner Lustron is in the company's "Desert Tan" color.[2]

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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Lustron Houses in Alabama, MPS". Alabama Historical Commission. National Park Service. 1997. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. Poe, Kelly (March 3, 2015). "Two historic Lustron houses to be demolished for The Manning condos". The Birmingham News. Alabama Media Group. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
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