- City:
- Lake Charles, LA
- Site Type:
- Public Housing, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Housing Programs, US Housing Authority (USHA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1941
- Designer:
- G. Lewis Dunn and Gustave G. Quinn
- Contractor:
- Robert Angelle
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
High School Park Homes was one of two public housing projects completed in Lake Charles in 1939. High School Park was 73 dwellings constructed by Robert Angelle for $225,556. The brick duplexes were designed by architects G. Lewis Dunn and Gustave G. Quinn.
Source notes
Lake Charles Housing Authority. Retrieved Dec. 28, 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 28, 2019.
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