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| Title | Elm Street #147 |
| Description | This Blue Westchester ranch home with clean simple lines was constructed in 1950. It is Hudson's only Lustron home, a prefabricated steel home developed in response to the shortage of homes at the end of World War II. This variety of prefabricated home was developed and designed by Carl Strandlund (1899-1974) and later manufactured at a plant in Columbus, Ohio. New building materials such as plywood were also introduced in the period after the world wars. Dr. Waldo Semon (1898-1999) of Hudson developed PVC (otherwise known as vinyl) in 1926. This and other plastics allowed for vinyl siding and plumbing materials that were likely used in homes like this one. |
| Date | 1950 |
| Subject | Hudson (Ohio)
Streets and Roads
Houses
Photography
Elm Street
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| Names | Moos, William
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| Contributors | Hudson Library & Historical Society
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| Type | Image
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| Format | 5 in. x 3.5 in. |
| Source | HU_Elm_147.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Houses of Hudson Collection
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| Rights | This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
| Creator | William Moos
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| About the Creator | William Moos (1919-1984) was a painter, architect and beloved arts and crafts teacher. He also directed the art department at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio. Mr. Moos was reared in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and studied architecture at St. John's College and Yale University. He later practiced architecture in New York City and worked as a field engineer and interior designer before coming to the academy in 1945. He was responsible for the design work for the restoration of Western Reserve Academy's Chapel and Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson, Ohio. He had a keen sense of historic preservation of buildings and served as a founding member of the Hudson Heritage Association. Later in life he also served as a lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union. |
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