Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House explained

Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House
Location:1001 NE. 2nd Street,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Coordinates:26.1244°N -80.1333°W
Area:less than one acre
Built:1950
Architecture:Modern Movement, Lustron Prefabricated House
Added:1 November 2007
Refnum:07001114
Builder:Blass, Roy & Morris Beckman; Craftsman Home Corp.

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. On November 1, 2007, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

It is a two-bedroom "Westchester Deluxe Model 2" example.