1105 Cuatro Cerros - 1967 LusterLock
This Four Hills Village Realty ad from 1967 for 1105 Cuatro Cerros in Four Hills Village, Albuquerque highlights many original features commonly found in this luxury neighborhood including open beamed ceilings, Medallion home status (which simply means this was an all electric home), and the word “unusual” in its original listing. Another important fact about the architecture that is learned through this vintage listing is that it was built by Cullers & Pepper. What caught our eye was the add name drops 3 Lusterlock vanity tops, a material we had never heard about before.
Apr 9, 1967
The ad reads:
Just Completed By Cullers & Pepper
A Dramatic Four Bedroom Spanish Traditional Home Tastefully Appointed Featuring:
A scenic golf course site with underground utility wires
Refrigerated air conditioning
Unusual all brick exterior
Automatic garage door
Double-paned insulated windows
Open beamed cathedral ceiling
Wood parquet den floor
Sculptured sheet vinyl kitchen floor covering
Bonus room for office, sewing, etc.
Three baths - Lusterlock vanity tops
See today at 1105 Cuatro Cerros Trails S.E. (South side of gold course)
Four Hills Village Realty
Medallion Home
We learned that Lusterlock aka Lusterock is made by suspending natural materials in a polyester resin. This actually makes quite a beautiful array and variety of colors and textures. If you would like to learn more about Lusterlock and see more photos we suggest checking out this article we found on retrorenovation.com and this article we found with several images.
We are curious if these original vanities still exist at 1105 Cuatro Cerros or any other home in the area. This is the only instance of a Four Hills Village realty ad mentioning Lusterlock that our group has encountered. (and we have scanned all the Four Hills Village realty listings from 1965-1975!)
If you have original Lusterlock in your Four Hills Village home, we want to know!
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