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Laurel Homes Historic District is a registered historic district in
Laurel Homes was established in 1938 with 1303 units of low income housing. An adjacent property of 1015 units, Lincoln Court, opened in 1942 to black families only. Apartments at Laurel Homes were leased to both white and to lesser degree, black, families, making it nominally one of the first integrated housing projects in the United States.
Laurel Homes was the second largest Public Works Administration public housing project in the country.
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: Laurel Homes Historic Distric
Historic districts in Cincinnati Frederick W. Garber buildings Public housing in the United States Houses completed in 1938 National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Ohio Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio West End, Cincinnati Public Works Administration in Ohio {{HamiltonCountyOH-NRHP-stub
Cincinnati
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, Ohio
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, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
on May 19, 1987. It contained 29 contributing buildings.
All but three of the historic low-income public housing
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...
projects was razed between 2000–02 to make way for new condominiums.
History
Laurel Homes was established in 1938 with 1303 units of low income housing. An adjacent property of 1015 units, Lincoln Court, opened in 1942 to black families only. Apartments at Laurel Homes were leased to both white and to lesser degree, black, families, making it nominally one of the first integrated housing projects in the United States.
Laurel Homes was the second largest Public Works Administration public housing project in the country.
See also
*Woolworth Building
The Woolworth Building is an early skyscraper, early American skyscraper designed by architect Cass Gilbert located at 233 Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was the tallest building in ...
in Lexington, Kentucky by the same architect, Frederick W. Garber.
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Cincinnati, Ohio
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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References
External links
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: Laurel Homes BuildingLibrary of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: Laurel Homes Historic Distric
Historic districts in Cincinnati Frederick W. Garber buildings Public housing in the United States Houses completed in 1938 National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Ohio Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio West End, Cincinnati Public Works Administration in Ohio {{HamiltonCountyOH-NRHP-stub