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Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House

Historic house in Florida, United States

United States historic place


Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


26°7′28″N 80°8′0″W / 26.12444°N 80.13333°W / 26.12444; -80.13333
Area	less than one acre
Built	1950
Built by	Blass, Roy & Morris Beckman; Craftsman Home Corp.
Architectural style	Modern Movement, Lustron Prefabricated House
NRHP reference No.	07001114^[1]
Added to NRHP	1 November 2007

The Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House is a historic Lustron house built in 1950, located at 1001 Northeast 2nd Street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Description and history

Its original occupants were Alfred and Olive Thorpe, who purchased it apparently from a Lustron Corporation distributor, the Craftsman Home Corporation, in 1951.^[2] On November 1, 2007, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

It is a two-bedroom "Westchester Deluxe Model 2" example.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House (#07001114)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 13 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b Morillo, Pat Garbe; Shiver, Carl (September 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House" (pdf). National Park Service.