Morris Beckman was an American architect. Numerous buildings that eventually were listed on the
National Register of Historic Places are credited to him.
These include, for example, the
Peter Hansen House (Pierre, South Dakota)
The Peter Hansen House is a Lustron house located at 1123 E. Capitol St. in Pierre, South Dakota. Built in 1949, the house is a Westchester Deluxe model Lustron house, the most popular model of the homes. Lustron houses were steel homes built af ...
, which is
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hughes County, South Dakota.
Along with architect
Roy Blass
Roy Blass was an American architect whose work included design of Lustron houses.
He designed many buildings that were later listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
His works were done in three states whic ...
, Beckman is credited with design of the "Esquire" prototype of
Lustron house, which was manufactured by Chicago Vitreous firm in
Cicero, Illinois and installed at
Hinsdale, Illinois in 1946.
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He is credited as having been the primary designer of that model.The Lustron Home: The History of a Postwar Prefabricated Housing Experiment By Thomas T. Fetters, Vincent Kohler]
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Other works are covered in a MPS study.
References
American architects
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