{"nrhp_refnum":"08000144","name":"Bishop Family Lustron House","other_names":["Lustron Westchester Model Serial # 01458"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"26 Slater Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schenectady","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.88891093900003,"lon":-73.91395247899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-03-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Engineering","Industry","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family house at 26 Slater Drive in Glenville, Schenectady County, New York, built in November 1949. It is a two-bedroom Lustron Westchester Deluxe model, a prefabricated porcelain-enameled steel house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a remarkably intact example of the Lustron Corporation's Westchester Deluxe model and one of the best-preserved Lustron houses in New York State. It is tied to Glenville's post-World War II shift from farming community to suburb. It also reflects the engineering of assembly-line housing and the aspirations of the emerging middle class.","narrative":"This two-bedroom house at 26 Slater Drive in Glenville, New York, is a Lustron Westchester Deluxe model, built in November 1949 from factory-made porcelain-enameled steel panels on a concrete slab. Its gray steel walls, steel roof shingles, zigzag downspouts and built-in steel cabinetry survive largely as originally installed, and the original asphalt tile flooring remains under carpeting. Harold and Lillian Bishop bought the house new, and the family has kept it with unusual care ever since. It is regarded as the best surviving Lustron house in Glenville and one of the best-preserved in New York State. The house also illustrates Glenville's change from farmland to a suburb for General Electric workers and returning veterans. More broadly, it represents Carl Strandlund's effort to answer the postwar housing shortage with mass-produced steel homes, an effort that ended when the company collapsed in 1950 after fewer than 2,600 houses were shipped.","period_of_significance":"1949-1950","architect_builder":"Carl Strandlund-Inventor, Roy Blass & MH Beckman-Architects; Richard Bartlet, Contractor, Scotia, N.Y.","architectural_style":"Modern movement prefab: Lustron Westchester","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Remains in use as a single-family dwelling with a very high degree of integrity; original interior plan, materials and kitchen cabinetry are intact, though the bathroom pocket door was replaced with a wood door.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.412982-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000144.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314618","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Family_Lustron_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4917548"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/bishop-family-lustron-house-08000144/"}