Post-war housing project.

Post-war housing project.

Item Information

Title:
Post-war housing project.
Description:
Site of a post-war housing project on Robert Ford Road in 1949. 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
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.)
Ford, Robert Mark--1925-1944
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Watertown
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/zp38wf42f
Terms of Use:
Management Restrictions apply. See application form at http://watertownlib.org/research/historic-watertown/photographs
Contact host institution for more information.
Identifier:
figure PB114