National Register of Historic Places

House at 130 Mohegan Avenue

New London, New London County, Connecticut
Listed
October 28, 2009
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
08001379

About this property

The House at 130 Mohegan Avenue, also known as Rusty, the House of Steel or Steel House, is a prefabricated, modular, International Style house in New London, Connecticut, United States. The House was designed by Howard T. Fisher, who founded General Houses, Inc. in 1932. Winslow Ames, a professor of art history at Connecticut College and the art director of the Lyman Allyn Museum, had the home built after attending the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. The House is a single story 21 feet (6.4 m) by 37 feet (11 m) rectangular steel prefabricated home that rests upon a concrete slab. It originally had a flat roof and included an attached garage. Throughout the years, the house has undergone significant alteration, including the addition of a gable roof. The house was used by Ames, and later by Connecticut College, as a rental property, until the structure was slated for demolition in 2004. The push to restore the house is credited to Doug Royalty, who worked with the college's Abigail Van Slyck. Completed in 2013, restoration cost $500,000 and involved several phases, including the dismantling, transportation, and reassembly of the house. The house was added to the Connecticut Historic Register in July 2007 and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 2009.

Location

130 Mohegan Ave.
New London, New London County, Connecticut
41.37478, -72.10247

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When was House at 130 Mohegan Avenue listed on the National Register?

House at 130 Mohegan Avenue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 2009.

What type of historic resource is House at 130 Mohegan Avenue?

House at 130 Mohegan Avenue is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for House at 130 Mohegan Avenue is recorded as the industrial era.

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