- City:
- Louisville, KY
- Site Type:
- Public Housing, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agency:
- Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designers:
- Alfred S. Joseph, Alfred Weinedel, Arthur G. Tafel, Chief Architect: E.T. Hutchings; Associated Architects: Brinton B. Davis, Fred H. Elswick, Gaarwood M. Grimes; Landscape Architect: Carl Berg, Herman Wischmeyer, Stratton O. Harmon, Thomas J. Nolan
- Contractor:
- Coath & Goss
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the College Court housing development in Louisville, KY.
The City of Louisville used municipal condemnation to conduct slum clearance and develop public housing projects on cleared land with funding from the PWA Housing Division. This led to the construction of two housing projects, College Court and La Salle Place. Completed in 1937, College Court was built at Seventh Street and Kentucky on the site of the former Eclipse Baseball Park.
The project H-2503, was for Black residents whereas La Salle Place was for White families. Today, College Court still stands and continues on as a source of housing.
Source notes
Janie-Rice Brother, Jennifer Ryall And Jay Stottman, They Came…They Saw…They Bought! The Twentieth Century Housing Boom in Louisville, Kentucky 1920-1970, p. 66,
https://heritage.ky.gov/Documents/Twentieth%20Century%20Housing%20Boom%20In%20Louisville.pdf.
Site originally submitted by Stephen Peterson on June 17, 2025.
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