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Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House

Coordinates: 26°7′28″N 80°8′0″W / 26.12444°N 80.13333°W / 26.12444; -80.13333
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Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House
Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House is located in Florida
Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House
Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House is located in the United States
Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House
Location1001 NE. 2nd Street,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Coordinates26°7′28″N 80°8′0″W / 26.12444°N 80.13333°W / 26.12444; -80.13333
Arealess than one acre
Built1950
Built byBlass, Roy & Morris Beckman; Craftsman Home Corp.
Architectural styleModern Movement, Lustron Prefabricated House
NRHP reference No.07001114[1]
Added to NRHP1 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House (#07001114)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 13 March 2009.
  2. ^ 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.
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