New York’s famed Museum of Modern Art is hoping to borrow Arlington’s rare, World War II-era prefabricated steel house for the museum’s upcoming architecture exhibit.

Arlington’s Lustron house — one of the 2,680 that were created in the U.S. between 1948 and 1950 as an affordable way to relieve the nation’s housing crunch — is currently sitting disassembled in storage while officials try to identify a permanent site for the historic dwelling.

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