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Harold Hess Lustron House

 
 
Harold Heww Lustron House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mehmet Celaj, May 28, 2021
1. Harold Heww Lustron House Marker
Inscription.
To ease post-WWII housing shortages, the Lustron Corp. of Ohio made an unique house of all pre-fabricated steel parts on an assembly line basis and shipped them directly to owners lots. Harold Hess purchased a Westchester Deluxe model with attached garage from a NJ dealer & assembled it on this site in 1950. All walls, roof & chimney, are porcelain enameled steel panels. Between 1948-50 Lustron made 2,498 houses.
 
Erected 2001 by Closter Historic Preservation Comm.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureIndustry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1950.
 
Location. 40° 58.246′ N, 73° 58.033′ W. Marker is in Closter, New Jersey, in Bergen County. It is at the intersection of Durie Avenue and Legion Place, on the right when traveling west on Durie Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 421 Durie Ave, Closter NJ 07624, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s North Jersey, in Greater Newark, and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Reformed Church of Closter (approx. 0.2 miles away); Closter Public School (approx. Ό mile away); Hilderbrant Naugle House (approx. Ό mile away); The Closter Horseman (approx. 0.7 miles away); Walter Parcells Homestead (approx. Ύ mile away); Sautes Tave’s Begraven Ground (approx. 0.8 miles away); Douwe Talema (approx.
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0.9 miles away); Demarest Railroad Station (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Closter.
 
Also see . . .  Harold Hess Lustron House. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on May 29, 2021, by Mehmet Celaj of Dumont, New Jersey.) 
 
Harold Hess Lustron House image. Click for more information.
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2. Harold Hess Lustron House
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
at NPGallery Digital Asset Management System
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Harold Heww Lustron House Front Main Entrance image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mehmet Celaj, May 28, 2021
3. Harold Heww Lustron House Front Main Entrance
Harold Hess Lustron House Left View From Legion Pl image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mehmet Celaj, May 28, 2021
4. Harold Hess Lustron House Left View From Legion Pl
Harold Hess Lustron House Front View image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mehmet Celaj, May 28, 2021
5. Harold Hess Lustron House Front View
Harold Hess Lustron House Front View image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mehmet Celaj, May 28, 2021
6. Harold Hess Lustron House Front View
Harold Hess Lustron House Right Side Elevation View From Durie Ave image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mehmet Celaj, May 28, 2021
7. Harold Hess Lustron House Right Side Elevation View From Durie Ave
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2021, by Mehmet Celaj of Dumont, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 630 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on May 29, 2021, by Mehmet Celaj of Dumont, New Jersey.   2. submitted on July 19, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.   3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on May 29, 2021, by Mehmet Celaj of Dumont, New Jersey. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
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