{"nrhp_refnum":"96000213","name":"Lustron House at 711 Ninth Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"711 Ninth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Dougherty County","state":"GA","lat":31.598384321000026,"lon":-84.16667354099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, side-gabled Lustron prefabricated house at 711 Ninth Avenue in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, erected in 1949 by the Albany Lustron franchise, Hav-A-Home.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact example of the Lustron Westchester Deluxe two-bedroom model and of post-World War II prefabricated housing using porcelain-enameled steel panels. It meets Criterion A for its link to postwar efforts to ease the housing shortage and Criterion C as a good example of creative prefabricated house design of the late 1940s.","narrative":"This one-story ranch-type house in Albany, Georgia, was built in 1949 by Hav-A-Home, the local Lustron dealer. It is a Westchester Deluxe two-bedroom model of 1,085 square feet, one of 2,498 produced by the Lustron Corporation and one of 22 built in Georgia. Its walls, roof shingles and interior panels are porcelain-enameled steel on a concrete slab. Distinctive features include a front bay window, rounded corners, sliding closet doors, and built-in steel buffet and bookcase units. Some changes have been made, including an enclosed side porch, a carport, a gas furnace and central air conditioning, but most original fabric remains. The house was listed for its role in postwar prefabricated housing, which used new materials and dealer franchises to address the housing shortage after World War II, and as a good example of modern, ranch-style prefabricated design. Because it was under fifty years old at listing, it also met the exception for recent research on Lustron houses.","period_of_significance":"1949","architect_builder":"Roy Blass and Morris Beckman, Illinois architects (designed prototype for the Porcelain Products Company, later Lustron Corporation); built by Hav-A-Home, Albany Lustron franchise","architectural_style":"Other: Lustron","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; alterations include an enclosed side porch, an added carport, a gas furnace replacing the oil furnace, central air conditioning, and removal of the combination dishwasher/clothes washer.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.409996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/96000213.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205976","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134297740"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dougherty-county/lustron-house-at-711-ninth-avenue-96000213/"}