- City:
- Cambridge, MA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Public Housing
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Henry C. Robbins
- Contractors:
- Inc., M. Spinelli & Sons Co.
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
Newtowne Court is a 294 units apartment complex located in the town of Cambridge, MA. There are eight three-story walk-up buildings; most entrances serve six to nine apartments. Includes 6 units for households with vision impairments.
This was one of 50 slum clearance or low income housing development projects financed by the Public Works Administration. The cost was $2,500,000.
Source notes
Architechtural Forum June 1936
https://historycambridge.org/research/did-you-know/early-days-at-newtowne-court/
https://cambridge-housing.org/locations/newtowne-court/
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on February 12, 2022.
Site Details
| Federal Cost |
|---|
| $2.00 |
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