- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- DeSoto Homes, Building Nos. A-1--A-13, 326-338 West Ninth Street; 328-334 North Fourth Avenue; 701-733 North Fifth Avenue; 325-405 Turner McCall Boulevard, Rome, Floyd County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Buildings Survey
- Contributor to Resource:
- Cooper and Cooper, Architect
Poundstone, Odis Clay, Architect
Pauley, William C, Landscape Architect
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.
segregation
public housing
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): 7 | Data Page(s): 10 | Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Significance: Built in 1939-1940 under the United States Housing Authority, DeSoto Homes is significant as the first federally funded public housing project in Rome, Georgia. Building Numbers A-1 through A-13 are the thirteen examples of the Type A Plan Building in the DeSoto Homes housing project. The Type A Plan Building is a one-story building with four, one-bedroom units.
Survey number: HABS GA-2403-B
Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 2010 Demolished - Local Identifier:
- HABS GA-2403-B
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga1022/
- 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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