Bishop Family Lustron House
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Bishop Family Lustron House is a historic Lustron house
located at Glenville in Schenectady County, New York
. It was built in November 1949 and measures 31 feet by 35 feet on a poured concrete slab. The exterior is clad with two foot by two foot steel panels coated with "Dove Gray" colored porcelain
enamel. It is a Westchester Deluxe 2-bedroom model home.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2008.
Lustron house
Lustron houses are prefabricated enameled steel houses developed in the post-World War II era United States in response to the shortage of houses for returning GIs...
located at Glenville in Schenectady County, New York
Schenectady County, New York
Schenectady County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 154,727. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Schenectady. The name is from a Mohawk Indian word meaning "on the other side of the...
. It was built in November 1949 and measures 31 feet by 35 feet on a poured concrete slab. The exterior is clad with two foot by two foot steel panels coated with "Dove Gray" colored porcelain
Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
enamel. It is a Westchester Deluxe 2-bedroom model home.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2008.