- City:
- Biloxi, MS
- Site Type:
- Public Housing, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Housing Programs, US Housing Authority (USHA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1941
- Designer:
- John Thomas Collins
- Contractor:
- Pittman Brothers
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Bayview Homes was constructed 1941 in the 400 block of Braun Avenue. John Thomas Collins was the supervising architect and Pittman Brothers construction built the facility.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Historic Resources Inventory. Bayview Homes. Retrieved October 26, 2019 from: https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=publicPropSearch&Name=&StreetNo=&StreetName=&City=Biloxi&County=Any
Currie & Corley are low bidders. Biloxi Daily Herald, Nov. 14, 1940; p. 1 and 11
Housing work is beginning. Feb. 4, 1941. Clarion-Ledger, p. 2
Housing Authority of Biloxi Offers its Bonds for Sale. Jun 3, 1941. Biloxi Daily Herald, p. 5
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 28, 2019.
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