Post-war housing project.

Post-war housing project.

Item Information

Title:
Post-war housing project.
Description:
Interior of veterans' housing in a post-war housing project in West Watertown, circa 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.
Date:
1950
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Watertown Free Public Library
Collection (local):
Watertown Houses
Subjects:
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.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Watertown
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/zp38wf38v
Terms of Use:
Management Restrictions apply. See application form at http://watertownlib.org/research/historic-watertown/photographs
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Identifier:
figure PB120