Roughly bounded by Colman, Fuller, and W. Pleasant Sts., and Jefferson Ave., New London, Connecticut. County/parish: New London.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 16, 1990. NRIS 90000603.
115 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
The United States Housing Corporation Historic District is a residential historic district located on the west side of New London, Connecticut. It contains a relatively uniform collection of Colonial Revival houses, most of them built in 1919 and 1920 by the United States Housing Corporation, a United States federal government agency founded to provide housing for workers in strategically significant war-related industries. The development of this district was overseen by the noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. The district is bounded on the west by Colman Avenue, the south by West Pleasant Street, the east by Jefferson Street, and on the north by Fuller Street. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1990.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355940