While the Joplin, Missouri City Council continues to let contracts for onging infrastructure rebuild as the result of the horrific destruction of the May 22, 2011 tornado that took 158 lives, it also voted unanimously to approve historic designation for a Lustron house in the city. The metal-paneled modular homes were built following WWII in an attempt to mass produce homes, but the company closed its doors in 1951 after building 3,000 of the structures, primarily in the Midwest, as joplinglobe.com reports. City Planner Matt Wright said once it’s so designated, any changes to the exterior of the home would have to be approved by the Historic Preservation Commission, as MHProNews has learned. ##

(Photo credit: wikipedia.org–Lustron house)