The Josephine Reifsnyder Lustron House in

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is a historic prefabricated home. One of several

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 ...

s built in Oklahoma during the post

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housing shortage, this house is a well-preserved two-bedroom Lustron Westchester model with a detached Lustron garage. and

Background and history

At the end of World War II in 1945, the U.S. Government estimated that the country needed to create nearly 3 million houses moderate to low income houses for returning soldiers and their families as soon as possible, followed by an additional 10 million units in the next decade. It found that home builders could not supply such a demand using conventional techniques. Carl Strandlund, owner of Lustron Company, proposed a solution: use prefabricated units that could be assembled quickly and cheaply all over the United States, using local dealerships to assemble the final products. "Reifsnyder, Josephine, Lustron House - Stillwater, OK - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com." Waymarking.com.
Accessed August 4, 2018.

Reifsnyder House description

The Reifsnyder house was built in 1949 by the Lustron dealership of Hall and Abercrombie of Cushing and Stillwater. Designated as the "Westchester Model," it has a living, dining and kitchen area, a bathroom and two bedrooms dimensions, providing of living area in one story. on a by floor plan. It is constructed of steel components including interior and exterior enameled steel panels for the walls. The roof consists of porcelain enamel coated steel panels resembling roof shingles. The interior features steel cabinets and pocket doors. Hot water pipes laid in the concrete floors provided radiant heating. This house was purchased by Josephine Reifsnyder in November 1949. The house changed hands several times between 1962 and 1983, and has been a rental property in the

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campus area for many years. It was added to the

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on February 23, 2009. The dealership built two Lustrons in Cushing after constructing this first Lustron in Stillwater.

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{{NRHP in Payne County, Oklahoma Houses in Payne County, Oklahoma Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Lustron houses National Register of Historic Places in Payne County, Oklahoma Houses completed in 1949

Background and history

Reifsnyder House description

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