{"nrhp_refnum":"96000216","name":"Lustron House at 3498 McKenzie Drive","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3498 McKenzie Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.84800130800005,"lon":-83.68250293699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, gabled-front Lustron prefabricated house at 3498 McKenzie Drive in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, built about 1949. It is a Newport two-bedroom model clad in porcelain-enameled steel panels, one of 22 Lustron houses built in Georgia.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent, largely intact example of post-World War II prefabricated housing using enameled steel panels. It meets Criterion A for its association with innovative materials and marketing used to address the postwar housing shortage. It meets Criterion C as a good example of the Newport model, the only known one in Georgia, with modern ranch design and space-saving features.","narrative":"Built around 1949 in Macon, this small one-story house at 3498 McKenzie Drive is a Lustron, a prefabricated home made of porcelain-enameled steel panels. It is the Newport two-bedroom model, measures 713 square feet, and sits on a concrete slab. Gray two-foot-square exterior panels, dark green tile-like steel shingles and aluminum casement windows remain. Inside, enameled steel panels cover the walls and ceilings, and flush steel pocket doors slide on overhead tracks. Changes include a remodeled kitchen, replaced exterior doors, central heating and air conditioning, and a rear addition. It is one of 22 Lustrons built in Georgia and the only known Newport model in the state. Of two Lustron houses built in the Macon area, only this one remains intact. It was listed for its role in postwar efforts to ease the housing shortage through industrial prefabrication, and for its modern ranch design with easy-care materials, built-in storage and rounded corners.","period_of_significance":"C. 1949","architect_builder":"Roy Blass and Morris Beckman - Illinois architects (designed prototype for the Porcelain Products Company, later renamed Lustron Corporation)","architectural_style":"Other: Lustron","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; it retains its structural and architectural integrity with minor alterations, including a remodeled kitchen, replaced exterior doors, central heat and air, and a rear addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.613066-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/96000216.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000216/1346fb2eca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000216/1346fb2eca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Roberts","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lustrous_House_at_3498_McKenzie_Drive.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Roberts</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lustrous_House_at_3498_McKenzie_Drive.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205858","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134132850"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/lustron-house-at-3498-mckenzie-drive-96000216/"}