{"nrhp_refnum":"96000214","name":"Lustron House at 1200 Fifth Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1200 Fifth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Dougherty County","state":"GA","lat":31.59278088600007,"lon":-84.17832623199996,"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 Lustron prefabricated steel house at 1200 Fifth Avenue in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, erected in 1949 by the Albany Lustron franchise, Hav-A-Home.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an intact example of the Westchester Deluxe two-bedroom Lustron model and of post-World War II prefabricated housing built from porcelain-enameled steel. It meets Criterion A for its link to postwar efforts to ease the housing shortage and Criterion C as an example of creative prefab design. Criteria Consideration G applies because it is less than 50 years old.","narrative":"This one-story, side-gabled ranch house at 1200 Fifth Avenue in Albany was built in 1949 by Hav-A-Home, the Lustron dealer for southwest Georgia. It is a Westchester Deluxe two-bedroom model of 1,085 square feet, one of 2,498 made by the Lustron Corporation and one of 22 built in Georgia. Gray porcelain-enameled steel panels cover the walls, dark green steel shingles cover the roof, and aluminum casement windows remain original. Inside, enameled steel panels, rounded corners, built-in steel furniture, a buffet pass-through and sliding pocket doors survive. The house was listed for its role in postwar prefabricated housing, a response to the severe housing shortage after World War II using enameled steel and dealer franchises. It was judged significant under architecture and engineering and was accepted despite being under 50 years old, because recent research gave enough information for objective evaluation. It sits on a corner lot with mature trees and shrubs.","period_of_significance":"1949","architect_builder":"Roy Blass and Morris Beckman, Illinois architects who designed the prototype for the Porcelain Products Company (later Lustron Corporation); built by Albany Lustron franchise Hav-A-Home","architectural_style":"Other: Lustron","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form says it retains complete structural and architectural integrity and was always used as rental property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.694237-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/96000214.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205978","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134297753"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dougherty-county/lustron-house-at-1200-fifth-avenue-96000214/"}