Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House

Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House
Location 1001 NE. 2nd Street,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Coordinates 26°7′28″N 80°8′0″W / 26.12444°N 80.13333°W / 26.12444; -80.13333Coordinates: 26°7′28″N 80°8′0″W / 26.12444°N 80.13333°W / 26.12444; -80.13333
Area less than one acre
Built 1950
Built by Blass, Roy & Morris Beckman; Craftsman Home Corp.
Architectural style Modern Movement, Lustron Prefabricated House
NRHP reference # 07001114[1]
Added to NRHP November 1, 2007

The Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House is a historic Lustron house built in 1950, located at 1001 Northeast 2nd Street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Description and history

Its original occupants were Alfred and Olive Thorpe, who purchased it apparently from a Lustron Corporation distributor, the Craftsman Home Corporation, in 1951.[2] On November 1, 2007, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

It is a two-bedroom "Westchester Deluxe Model 2" example.[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 Pat Garbe Morillo and Carl Shiver (September 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2017.


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