Built in 1950. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1945.
One of 39 National Register listings published here for Broward County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1950.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Alfred and Olive Thorpe Lustron House: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegram Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Powerline Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Bates Project | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Decker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Deem Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gateway Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Lauderdale, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 1993: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Fort Lauderdale | 2 hurt, $500,000 | A small tornado hop-scotched along a 3-mile path in Fort Lauderdale causing extensive roof damage and broken windows to approximately 8 homes and an apartment complex. Several cars were damaged or destroyed by flying debris or falling trees. About one-third of the surface of the roof of a Broward County Public Library was ripped off. Windows in a nearby shopping center were blown out. Two minor injuries from flying glass were reported. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Lauderdale | $500,000 | Strong downburst wind gusts to 69 mph struck Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport flipping one small plane and damaging several hangers. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Anthony School | 0.2 miles | 1997 |
 | Stranahan House | 0.6 miles | 1973 |
| Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club | 0.7 miles | 2019 | |
 | Bryan Building | 0.9 miles | 1997 |
 | New River Inn | 1.0 miles | 1972 |
 | Williams House | 1.2 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07001114 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Broward County | All 39 listed properties in this county. |
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