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Buy This House: Mid-Century Lustron Cottage in Edwardsville, IL

Here's one of my favorite homes currently on the market in Edwardsville, Illinois. I am looking for a buyer for this amazing and affordable property.

Are you a fan of Mid-Century style? Someone looking for a hip, retro home? A student of art, design or architecture? Or maybe you just don't want to live in the same kind of house that everyone else does.

Then let me show you this Lustron home near Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIU-E).

Call me at 618-791-8007 or send an e-mail to Nancy.Milton@ColdwellBanker.com to schedule a personal showing.

What's a Lustron home? After WWII, there was a housing shortage in America. Returning GIs needed an affordable place to begin raising their families. Enter the Lustron Company with a great idea for living spaces that could be easily mass produced. Unfortunately the company built just 2,500 of these all-steel homes before going into bankruptcy.

The exposed interior and exterior walls of Lustron homes were made from two-foot-square pieces of porcelain enameled steel. Inside sliding doors and cabinets were all steel as well. Lustron marketed their new homes as maintenance free for a modern lifestyle. Learn more from Old House Web.

Here are the details of the Lustron home for sale in Edwardsville: It's a two-bedroom, one bath cottage with just over 1,000 square feet of space. It has received Edwardsville's Historic Preservation Award. The home, which is listed for $102,000, is located on a quiet street close to downtown Edwardsville and SIU-E.

Call me at 618-791-8007 or send an e-mail to Nancy.Milton@ColdwellBanker.com and I will send you the complete listing information.

Help me find someone who will love this stylish and unique home as much as I do.