‘Care-free’ Alcoa aluminum home restored, offer accepted for nearly $1 million

Back in the 1950s, Alcoa Inc. -- the predecessor company of today’s Alcoa Corp. -- hired several renowned architects to design single-family homes across the United States – made using Alcoa aluminum.

The 24 “care-free” homes featured unique designs and bold colors showing off the high-grade aluminum, including two in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – where Alcoa Corp.’s headquarters is based today.

More than 60 years later, a Minnesota couple completely restored their aluminum house and put it up for sale for the cool sum of $925,000. The homes were originally sold for between $30,000 to $60,000 when first built.

The sellers bought the place out of foreclosure and revamped it with lots of contemporary upgrades. And within a week, someone made an offer.

The popular social media account “Zillow Gone Wild” shared some incredible photos of the restored home, and the post was shared thousands of times on Facebook.

Charles Goodman, known for taking part in designing Washington, D.C.’s National Airport and other prefabricated homes, was one of the main architects on the project.

They were designed to highlight aluminum’s versatility, constructed on-site using kits provided by Alcoa. In the decades since being constructed, two of the original homes have been demolished.

You can see the full listing on Zillow here: 8000 Westwood Hills Dr, Saint Louis Park, MN 55426 | Zillow