E. side of Iranistan Ave. between South St. and Burnham St., Bridgeport, Connecticut. County/parish: Fairfield.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 26, 1990. NRIS 90001424.
58 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Historic Seaside Village Co-operative encompasses a primarily residential area in the South End of Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is bounded on the east by Iranistan Avenue, the north by South Avenue, the south by Forest Court and by the west by Alsace Street.
The property consists of a densely built collection of brick rowhouses, arranged in irregular combinations. The village was developed during World War I to alleviate a housing shortage caused by an influx of workers hired to work in the city's munitions factories. It was an early government-funded project of this type, and was a collaborative design effort by R. Clipston Sturgis, Skinner & Walker, and Arthur Shurtleff. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353062