The Neville and Helen Farmer Lustron House is a historic enameled steel prefabricated Lustron house in Decatur, Georgia. Designed and constructed by the Lustron Corporation, this example is one of two confirmed to have been built in Decatur.
Neville and Helen Farmer Lustron House | |
 Farmer Lustron House in March, 2013 | |
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| Location | 513 Drexel Ave., Decatur, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 33°46′17″N 84°18′31″W / 33.771389°N 84.308611°W |
| Built | 1949 |
| Architect | Lustron Corporation |
| Architectural style | Lustron |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000211[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 19, 1996 |
The original owners who purchased the house from a Lustron Corporation franchise were Neville and Helen Farmer. It is one of ten built in the Atlanta area.[2]
Lustron houses were only produced during a two-year period, with 2,495 known to have been made. Only roughly 2,000 of these are still in existence. Many of those that do remain have been altered significantly.
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Lisa Raflo (April 21, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Neville and Helen Farmer Lustron House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2017. with two photos from 1995 (see photo captions page 11 of text document)