The Harold Hess Lustron House is a

Westchester Deluxe plan Lustron houses are prefabricated enameled steel houses developed in the post-World War II era United States in response to the shortage of homes for returning G.I.s by Chicago industrialist and inventor Carl Strandlund. Considered low-maintena ...

Luston house located at 421 Durie Avenue in the borough of Closter in

Bergen County, New Jersey Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

veteran, purchased it in 1950. Lustron houses were constructed using prefabricated porcelain enameled steel. The house was added to the

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on July 25, 2000, for its significance in architecture and industry. With It was listed as part of the Lustrons in New Jersey

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(MPS), one of three originally built in the county. After threat of destruction the house was deeded to the town of Closter.

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{{Closter, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Closter, New Jersey Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Houses completed in 1950 Houses in Bergen County, New Jersey Lustron houses in New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places 1950 establishments in New Jersey

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