Considered low-maintenance and extremely durable, they were expected to attract modern families who might not have the time or interest in repairing and painting conventional wood and plaster houses. 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.
Lustron houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany, New York
