"Logs to Lustrons" Historic House Tour at National Lakeshore 2017

"Logs to Lustrons" Historic House Tour at National Lakeshore 2017

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on May 8, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

Enjoy a special tour of architecturally significant homes in and around Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on Saturday, May 13. Included on the tour are two Swedish historical homes: the Gust Lindstrom house and the restored Oscar/Irene Nelson site, two prefabricated enameled steel Lustron houses, the House of Tomorrow home from the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair, and several architect-designed mid-century houses. There is a fee, which covers the tour and shuttle transportation to the sites. Reservations are required and can be made at:logstolustronstour17.eventbrite.com or by calling 1-800-450-4534. The tours are sponsored by Indiana Landmarks and the National Park Service.

The Indiana Dunes Visitor Center is located at 1215 North State Road 49, about one mile north of Interstate 94. For more information on this or other programs at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, call 219-395-1882 or visit our website at www.nps.gov/indu and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaDunesNL.

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The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is one of 417 units of the National Park System ranging from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty. Located in Northwest Indiana, the park includes 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and 15,000 acres of biodiverse beaches, woods, prairies, and marshes. Up to 2 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year. Check our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaDunesNL.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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