John D. and Katherine Gleissner Lustron House

John D. and Katherine Gleissner Lustron House

Gleissner Lustron in 2011
Location 2420 Cahaba Rd., Birmingham, Alabama
Coordinates 33°29′27″N 86°46′44″W / 33.49083°N 86.77889°W / 33.49083; -86.77889Coordinates: 33°29′27″N 86°46′44″W / 33.49083°N 86.77889°W / 33.49083; -86.77889
Area less than one acre
Built 1949
Architect Koch, Carl & Associates; Lustron Corporation
Architectural style Lustron House
MPS Lustron Houses in Alabama, MPS
NRHP Reference #

00000133

[1]
Added to NRHP February 24, 2000

The John D. and Katherine Gleissner Lustron House is a historic enameled steel prefabricated house in Birmingham, Alabama. Designed and constructed by the Lustron Corporation, this example is one of three confirmed to have been built in Birmingham. Another, the Bernice L. Wright Lustron House, is just one house over from the Gleissner Lustron House.[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. Twenty Lustron houses are known to have been ordered in Alabama, although it is not clear if twenty were erected. Only eleven remained in 2000.[2]

The house forms part of the National Register of Historic Places' Lustron Houses in Alabama MPS.[2] It was placed on the National Register on February 24, 2000, due to its architectural significance.[1] The house is slated for demolition in 2015 to make way for a condominium development.[3]

Architecture

The Gleissner Lustron House is an example of Lustron's "Westchester" 3-bedroom model. It retains the original enameled steel roof, wall panels, and "zig-zag" support column, although a wood-frame porch extension has been added to original porch and all of it screened in. Lustron houses came in several exterior colors, the Gleissner Lustron is in the company's "Desert Tan" color.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lustron Houses in Alabama, MPS" (PDF). Alabama Historical Commission. National Park Service. 1997. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. Poe, Kelly (March 3, 2015). "Two historic Lustron houses to be demolished for The Manning condos". The Birmingham News. Alabama Media Group. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
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