How about an aluminum house??  the Aluminaire House was listed as part of
the Wallace K. Harrison Estate on Long Island.  The steel-framed
exhibition/demonstration house was sheathed in corrugated aluminum sheets
about 2 1/2 feet by 4 1/2 feet.

The building was disassembled in 1987 and removed from the Harrison Estate
because the owner wanted to develop the land.  The New York institute of
Technology has reconstructed the Aluminaire House on its Center Islip
campus.  It will be re-nominated to the National Register upon completion of
the reconstruction.

Funded in part with preservation grants from the NY Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation.

Michael Lynch,  Preservation Grants guru
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From: Marilyn Harper <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 7:14 AM


>     Jim Rhoads wrote:
>
>     "Though I doubt much of anything made of EIFS will survive toward a
>     preservable future, who knows.  Will Disney's fanticies in California
and
>     Florida wind up on the National Register and need preserving?  One
never
>     knows...does one?"
>
>     I hope I'm long gone when someone nominates Celebration to the
Register,
>     but I'm sure it will happen (if it lasts that long).
>
>     We already have a trailer (contributing to the significance of
Graceland)
>     and are waiting for the first aluminum-sided house.
>
>     Just a matter of time.
>
>     Marilyn Harper
>     National Register of Historic Places