The Peter Hansen House is a

Lustron house 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-maintenan ...

located at 1123 E. Capitol St. in

Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

. 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 after

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 ...

to address the housing shortage created by returning soldiers. There are two remaining Lustron houses in Pierre, including the Peter Hansen House, and 38 in South Dakota. The house was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

on February 10, 1999.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota Houses completed in 1949 Houses in Pierre, South Dakota Lustron houses National Register of Historic Places in Pierre, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-NRHP-stub