My Father's Double Lustron Home by Joyce Amenta

This house was bought by my father in 1949 and assembled in Forest Heights, MD. His three girls were raised in this house (I am the first born). When he heard that the Lustron company was going out of business, he bought another house as a package (unassembled) in 1950. He designed the second house as the living quarters and the first house was remodeled as the bedroom quarters. The two houses are joined at right angles.

My father died before the house was finished, but his three daughters finished the house as he planned in 2007. It is now a four bedroom 3 bath house. The original living room and dining/kitchen rooms are now two bedrooms. The original utility room is a bath room with laundry hook-ups. The second part of the house is finished with current materials such as wood floors, wood kitchen cabinets, energy saver picture and casement windows to take advantage of the view of the river, and drywall and plaster walls.

A standard brick chimney was installed at one point. Recently we found the original Lustron casing for the chimney and had it installed over the brick to make it more authentic. We also had all the windows replaced. The original windows were only single pane and the seals were dried and caked causing air and water leaks. The house sits on a double lot to accommodate the double house. I believe that it is the largest residential Lustron in the country.

See photos of this uncommon Lustron home in the Lustron Interiors & Maryland section.