Post-war housing project.

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Title

Post-war housing project.

Subject

City planning -- Watertown (Mass.).; Public housing -- Massachusetts -- Watertown -- History.; Public housing -- Watertown (Mass.).; Veterans -- Housing -- Watertown (Mass.).; Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Neighborhood -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Ford, Robert Mark -- 1925-1944.;

Description

Site of a post-war housing project on Robert Ford Road in 1949. The Town set about building veterans a colony of 168 brick units to the west of Lexington Street, near the more expensive private apartments of Fairfield Gardens. Robert Mark Ford joined the Army on September 8, 1943 and was killed in action June 2, 1944.

Date

1949

Contributor

Watertown Free Public Library

Rights

Management Restrictions apply. See application form at http://watertownlib.org/research/historic-watertown/photographs

Identifier

figure PB152

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Citation

“Post-war housing project. ,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 25, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/57301.

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