Cooper Projects Earhart Galvez (former Calliope)
Description
The Calliope projects were constructed as the fourth of six housing projects developed for New Orleans, 1939-1941. The original boundaries were South Dorgenois Street, Erato Street, Calliope Street (now Earhart Boulevard), and South Prieur Street. The George A. Fuller Company was awarded the contract for construction of the 690 apartment units. The $2,497,000 bid covered demolition of existing buildings, construction, plumbing, heating, electrical work and site improvement. As with the other pubic housing complexes, the units were demolished with the exception of two residential buildings and the former administration building. The administration building faces Earhart Boulevard and the residential buildings anchor the corners of Erato Street and S. Galvez and Earhart Street and S. Galvez.
Source notes
N. O. Projects Approved by Housing Authority. (Oct. 1, 1939). The Shreveport Times, p. 3.
Calliope Projects. Wikipedia. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019 from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliope_Projects
B. W. Cooper Apts Neighborhood Snapshot. (2003). Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. Retrieved Dec 20, 2019 from:
https://www.datacenterresearch.org/pre-katrina/orleans/4/60/snapshot.htmlTheriot, 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.
Historic American Buildings Survey, C., Housing Authority Of New Orleans, O., Rosenthal, S., Kessel, J. J. H. & Jones, E. W. (1933) Calliope Housing Project, Administration Building,Earhart Boulevard, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.
Louisiana New Orleans Orleans Parish, 1933. Documentation Compiled After.
[Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/la0653/.
Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on December 20, 2019.
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