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New Deal Category: Public Housing

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Prefabricated Defense Housing – Sheffield AL

The Federal Works Agency built prefabricated defense housing at Sheffield. “Construction of 250 units was assigned to the Tennessee Valley Authority for industrial workers in the Muscle Shoals area.” The exact location and status of these buildings is presently unknown… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Federal Works Agency (FWA), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Prowers Housing Welfare Complex – Lamar CO

“The Prowers Housing Welfare Housing is a complex of five buildings located on the northern edge of Lamar. The complex is located near the railroad tracks in an area that primarily light industrial. The Fairmont Cemetery, with stone walls constructed… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Queensbridge Houses – Long Island City NY

From the Works Progress Administration (WPA)’s New York City Guide (1939): “Queensbridge Houses, north of Queensboro Bridge Plaza, between Vernon Boulevard and Twenty-first Street, is the fifth low-rent, government-financed housing project in the city since 1936. Twenty-six brick dwelling structures,… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Redbank Housing Project – South Portland ME

A 250 unit housing project in South Portland Maine. “Under the Lanham Act of 1940, and to the chagrin of the Portland Chamber of commerce, Washington ordered in February of 1942 that the Federal Public Housing Authority of the Federal… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Federal Works Agency (FWA)

Richard Allen Homes – Philadelphia PA

“Richard Allen Homes, named after the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, is a housing project in lower North Philadelphia that was funded by the U.S. Housing Authority under the Housing Act of 1937.” (“The USHA reported directly to… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Riverview Apartments – Kingsport TN

The brick “restrained Colonial Revival style” (Van West, 2001, p. 148) two-story apartment complex contained 48 units for African-Americans. Constructed at the same time as the Robert E. Lee Homes for whites, both complexes were funded for a total of… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

Robert E. Lee Homes – Kingsport TN

Robert E Lee Apartments Kingston TN

Brick, two-story “restrained Colonial Revival style” (Van West, 2001, p. 148) housing for whites was completed at the same time as the Riverview Apartments for African-Americans. Both complexes were constructed for a total of $607,000. Robert E. Lee contained 128… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

Robert Mills Manor – Charleston SC

By the early twentieth century, the area that would become the Robert Mills Manor site consisted of a large assemblage of dilapidated late-19th and early-20th century residences and tenements surrounding the county’s jail on the corner of Franklin and Magazine… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Housing Programs, Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

Robert Mills Manor Public Housing – Charleston SC

The Robert Mills Manor public housing project in Charleston, South Carolina was constructed with New Deal funds, likely under the auspices of the Public Works Administration (PWA). The Library of Congress: “The Robert Mills Manor Remains as Charleston’s earliest and… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Unknown, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Rosewood Courts – Austin TX

On September 1, 1937, President Roosevelt signed the United States Housing Act of 1937. This created the United States Housing Authority (USHA) and provided $500 million for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

Rural Housing – Lee County MS

The first Mississippi county approved for rural housing loans from the United States Housing Authority was Lee County. Loans represented 90% of the construction and 10% was locally supplied for the $790,000 program. “America’s first ‘economy wall’ unit of brick… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

Sagamore Village – Portland ME

In response to the foot dragging of Portland city officials on creating affordable housing for the influx of military related industry in a city with a severe lack of modern housing, the Federal Housing Authority of the Federal Works Agency… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Federal Works Agency (FWA)

Santa Rita Courts – Austin TX

On September 1, 1937, President Roosevelt signed the United States Housing Act of 1937. This created the United States Housing Authority (USHA) and provided $500 million for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

Sitka Pioneers’ Home – Sitka AK

The Sitka Pioneers’ Home was built with financial assistance from the PWA, ca. 1935, and served as “a home for aged pioneers” (source note 1).  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 (source note 2)… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Smithfield Court Housing Development – Birmingham AL

Smithfield Court

“Smithfield Court is a low-rental housing developmenterected in the city of Birmingham, Alabama, fully financed with P.W.A. funds. A site of 22 acres on which were located some of the city’s worst slum dwellings, was purchased at a cost of… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Somerset Residential Care Center – Madison ME

During the Great Depression the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) funded the labor for the construction of what is now known as the Somerset Residential Care Center, in Madison, Maine. When constructed, the facility went by a different name: the… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

St. Bernard Avenue Public Housing – New Orleans LA

St. Bernard Projects were constructed 1940 as one of New Orleans’ “Big Four” high-density urban public housing projects. Initially comprised of 744 units in 74 buildings constructed on 30.9 acres, the project was bordered by St. Bernard Avenue to Gibson… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

St. Mary’s Court Apartments – Washington DC

The Alley Dwelling Authority funded the construction of the St. Mary’s Court Apartments in Washington DC between 1935 and 1938. The ADA was one of the earliest New Deal initiatives to provide better housing for low-income Americans. It replaced unsafe alley dwellings… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Alley Dwelling Authority (DC only)

St. Thomas Public Housing – New Orleans LA

St. Thomas was one of six public housing projects constructed under the Housing Act of 1937. It was constructed 1938-1941 and contained 920 units of two or three story brick buildings. The architect’s rendering for the St. Thomas Street project… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

Stanley Holmes Village – Atlantic City NJ

Stanley S. Holmes Village

Stanley Holmes Village (a.k.a. Stanley Village) is a 420-unit low income housing project on Adriatic Avenue that was built in 1937 and expanded in 1951. Its the oldest public housing complex in New Jersey. Atlantic City was the first municipality… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Stewart Indian School Residential District – Carson City NV

Duplex, cottage 34

Second Half of Final Extended Building Phase (1941-1942). Residential housing for employees of the Stewart Indian Boarding School Staff and Civilian Conservation Corp – Indian Division (CCC-ID) was acute by the late 1930s. Off-site rental units in Carson City and… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency:

Stoddert Dwellings – Washington DC

The Alley Dwelling Authority (ADA) and the Federal Works Agency (FWA) funded the construction of the Stoddert Dwellings in Washington, DC in 1942. Today, the DC Housing Authority manages “Stoddert Terrace,” in the same general area (and perhaps the same exact… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Alley Dwelling Authority (DC only)

Swinomish Model Village – Swinomish Reservation WA

Swinomish Model Village in 1947 - Swinomish Indian Reservation WA

In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt allotted $2,000,000 in emergency rural rehabilitation funds to the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs (OIA). Out of this sum, OIA sent $32,000 (about $607,000 in 2020 dollars) to the Swinomish Indian Reservation for an… read more

Project type: Resettlement Communities, Civic Facilities, Forestry and Agriculture, Public Housing
Agency: Office of Indian Affairs (OIA)

Syphax Houses – Washington DC

The Alley Dwelling Authority (ADA) and the Federal Works Agency (FWA) funded the construction of the Syphax Houses in Washington, DC in 1942. The Syphax Houses were located at 1st and R streets SW, and it does not appear that any… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Alley Dwelling Authority (DC only), Federal Works Agency (FWA)

Techwood Homes (demolished) – Atlanta GA

The Techwood Homes public housing project in Atlanta was a whites-only complex constructed between 1935 and 1936 with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. It has since been demolished. “Techwood Homes was the first public housing project in the United… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Trailer City – Winter Garden FL

The accompanying colored post card shows early trailers, brick road, palm trees and Trailer City office building. Trailer City, a mobile home park, was built in the 1930s with WPA (Works Progress Administration) funds. It was a $200,000 project, the… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Transients Shelter (demolished) – Cairo IL

Cairo, Illinois’s old (and since-demolished) Marine Hospital was located between 10th and 12th St., Cedar St. and Jefferson Ave.  As part of Federal Project F-26: Improving Facilities for Sheltering Transients, the federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) rehabilitated the hospital in… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Education and Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Public Housing
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Triangle Homes Public Housing – Laurel MS

Triangle Homes for African American families was constructed 1940-1941 by W. J. McGee and Son for a base bid of $325,866. Two-story row houses are still in use in the triangle formed by South Maple Street and South 4th Avenue…. read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

Trumbull Park Homes – Chicago IL

“The last of three Public Works Administration projects commissioned in Chicago as part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, Trumbull Park Homes is arguably one of the CHA’s most historically significant buildings in its housing portfolio. Built in 1938, the development… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Tunlaw Road Houses – Washington DC

The Alley Dwelling Authority (ADA) and the Federal Works Agency (FWA) funded the construction of the Tunlaw Road Houses in Washington, DC in 1943. This development of 92 living units was built for white national defense workers (Washington, DC was highly… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Alley Dwelling Authority (DC only), Federal Works Agency (FWA)

University Homes (demolished) – Atlanta GA

The University Homes public housing project in Atlanta was completed in 1938 with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. It has since been demolished. “Built in 1938 on the site of the former Beaver Slide slum. Seen as the African… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

V Street Houses – Washington DC

The Alley Dwelling Authority (ADA) funded the construction of the V Street Houses in Washington DC between 1936 and 1938. It appears that the V Street Houses no longer exist. They were described as being constructed “in the square directly west of… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Alley Dwelling Authority (DC only)

Victoria Court Housing Project – Williamson WV

The Williamson Housing Authority built the Victoria Court Housing Project with aid from the Federal Housing Authority. The development consists of a complex of seven, two-story brick buildings laid in rows of three providing a central court (now a modern… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

Victoria Courts – San Antonio TX

San Antonio’s Board of Commissioners created the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA) on June 17, 1937. On September 1, 1937, President Roosevelt signed the United States Housing Act of 1937. This created the United States Housing Authority (USHA) and provided… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

Village Terrace Housing – Pittsburgh PA

Architects Raymond Marlier, Edward B. Lee, William Boyd, and Bernard Prack designed the 3 public housing units constructed 1938-1940 in the Hill District. The USHA loaned 90% of the cost of the 3 projects. Terrace Village No. 1 was the… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

Walker County Home – Jasper AL

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Walker County Home in Jasper. The exact location or condition of this facility is unknown to the Living New Deal.  

Project type: Sculpture and Bas Relief, Art Works, Civic Facilities, Community Centers, Public Housing
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Washington Square – Huntington WV

Under the authority of the Housing Act of 1937 (Wagner-Steagall Act), Washington Square (80 units) was one of three federal housing developments in Huntington opened in 1940. Washington Square was developed at the “Colored” section and recorded as such on… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

West Virginia Children’s Home Building Addition – Elkins WV

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) built an addition to the West Virginia Children’s Home in Elkins in 1935.

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Westfield Acres (demolished) – Camden NJ

The no-longer extant (demolished and since redeveloped) Westfield Acres was a public housing project constructed with PWA funds during the New Deal. The Federal Writers’ Project wrote: “Westfield Acres, N. side of Westfield Ave. between Dudley and 32nd Sts., was… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

White Acres Public Housing – McComb MS

Preliminary plans for White Acres for white tenants was planned for South McComb in January 1940. The proposed unit was project Miss. 3-2, comprising 15 residential buildings and one administration/service building, and housing 84 families. Construction was by J. K…. read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)
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