Post-war housing project.
Dublin Core
Title
Post-war housing project.
Subject
City planning -- Watertown (Mass.).; World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Watertown (Mass.).; Public housing -- Massachusetts -- Watertown -- History.; Public housing -- Watertown (Mass.).; Veterans -- Housing -- Watertown (Mass.).; Ford, Robert Mark -- 1925-1944.;
Description
Site of a post-war housing project on Robert Ford Road in 1949, occupied 1950. The Town set about building veterans a colony of 168 brick units to the west of Lexington Street, near the more expensive private apartments of Fairfield Gardens. Robert Mark Ford joined the Army on September 8, 1943 and was killed in action June 2, 1944.
Date
1949
Contributor
Watertown Free Public Library
Rights
Management Restrictions apply. See application form at http://watertownlib.org/research/historic-watertown/photographs
Identifier
figure PB88
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Collection
Citation
“Post-war housing project. ,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 19, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/57355.
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