- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- DeSoto Homes, Administration Building, 717 North Fifth Avenue, Rome, Floyd County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Buildings Survey
- Contributor to Resource:
- Cooper and Cooper, Architects
Poundstone, Odis Clay, Architect
Griffin Construction Company, Inc., Contractor
Pauley, William C, Landscape Architect
Armstrong, W. H, Structural Engineer
Lindstrom, A L, Mechanical Engineer
Bush, L R, Electrical Engineer
Dodd, Jere, Civil Engineer
Housing Authority of the City of Rome, Owner
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, sponsor
Northwest Georgia Housing Authority, sponsor
Diener, David, photographer - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Rome (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
public housing
administration buildings
community centers
segregation
City Beautiful movement
Spanish Colonial Revival architectural elements - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Rome, 34.25704, -85.16467
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 17 | Data Page(s): 9 | Photo Caption Page(s): 4
Significance: Built in 1939-1940, as part of the DeSoto Homes public housing project in Rome, Georgia, the Administration Building is significant for having served as the offices for the Housing Authority of the City of Rome from the early 1940s through the late 1960s. It has also functioned as a community center and meeting space for residents of DeSoto Homes.
Survey number: HABS GA-2403-A
Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 2010 Demolished - Local Identifier:
- HABS GA-2403-A
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga1021/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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