- City:
- New Orleans, LA
- Site Type:
- Public Housing, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Housing Programs, US Housing Authority (USHA)
- Completed:
- 1941
- Designer:
- G. Lewis Dunn and Gustave G. Quinn
- Contractor:
- T. Miller and Sons
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Booker T. Washington Courts was one of two rural public housing projects constructed in Lake Charles in 1939-1941. Architects G. Lewis Dunn and Gustave G. Quinn designed the complex initially as barracks-type housing, which was rejected for one-story duplexes. T. Miller and Sons constructed the project at a cost of $238,397. The 72-unit complex was demolished in 2013 and replaced.
Source notes
Lake Charles Housing Authority. Retrieved Dec 21, 2019 from: https://www.lcha004-housing.org/Slum Clearance Grants Made for Lake Charles. (Sep 21, 1941). The Shreveport Times, p. 26.
Theriot, A. (2014). United States Housing Authority (USHA)-funded Public Housing in Louisiana, 1935-1950. National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on December 23, 2019.
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