As a youngster in the 1950s, I remember my folks pointing out to me a house on West Street in Pittsfield. Because the home looked sort of like a porcelain-enameled eatery I had seen in Albany, N.Y., I ...

Since he first proposed building prefabricated houses of enameled steel, Lustron Corp.’s Carl Strandlund has found a willing helper in the Government. The Reconstruction Finance Corp. lent him $15.5 ...

An Oak Park ranch-style home worthy of the phrase "they don't make 'em like that anymore" is up for sale. It's what's known as a Lustron home, a prefabricated house designed by engineer Carl G.

New York’s famed Museum of Modern Art is hoping to borrow Arlington’s rare, World War II-era prefabricated steel house for the museum’s upcoming architecture exhibit. Arlington’s Lustron house — one ...

In my youth, when someone asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I always said I was going to be a lady wrestler. But as I grew older, I changed my mind and decided I'd like to be an architect, ...

The RFC placed a bet of $12.5 million last week on a new kind of house to help lick the shortage—a prefabricated one of enameled steel. The cash, in the form of a loan, went to Chicago’s Lustron Corp.

ST. LOUIS — A rare Lustron house in St. Louis, known for its unique enamel-coated steel panels and mid-century charm, is undergoing a meticulous restoration to transform it into a period-accurate ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. It's quite an unusual sight, but the all-steel Lustron home is up for designation as a historic landmark in the city of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever wanted to live in a charming, historic home prefabricated from enameled steel, this Decatur Lustron could be for ...

BEDFORD PARK, Ill. (AP) -- Teresa Baron didn't know anything about Lustron homes before she bought one in Bedford Park. Baron was shopping for a home for her husband Don's elderly aunt. She was ...