- City:
- Laurel, MS
- Site Type:
- Public Housing, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Housing Programs, US Housing Authority (USHA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1941
- Contractor:
- W. J. McGee and Son
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Triangle Homes for African American families was constructed 1940-1941 by W. J. McGee and Son for a base bid of $325,866. Two-story row houses are still in use in the triangle formed by South Maple Street and South 4th Avenue.
A grant in 2018 funds replacement units and construction has been initiated on new facilities across the street from Triangle Homes. It is unknown when the row houses will be demolished.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory Database. "Triangle Homes." Retrieved October 22, 2019 from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/rpt.aspx?rpt=publicPropSearch&Name=&StreetNo=&StreetName=&City=Laurel&County=Any
Slum clearance projects starts soon in Laurel. (Aug. 19, 1939). Clarion-Ledger, p. 2.
Housing Project at Laurel will start next week. (Dec. 7, 1939). Clarion-Ledger, p. 5.
LHA making way for $14.1M housing development. May 28, 2018. The Laurel Leader Call.
Annual Report of the United States Housing Authority, Federal Public Housing Authority, 1941.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on November 10, 2019.
Site Details
| Federal Cost |
|---|
| $325,866.00 |
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