Post-war housing project.

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Title

Post-war housing project.

Subject

City planning -- Watertown (Mass.).; World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Watertown (Mass.).; Public housing -- Massachusetts -- Watertown -- History.; Public housing -- Watertown (Mass.).; Veterans -- Housing -- Watertown (Mass.).; Ford, Robert Mark -- 1925-1944.;

Description

Site of a post-war housing project on Robert Ford Road in 1950. 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

1950

Contributor

Watertown Free Public Library

Rights

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

Identifier

figure PB98

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Citation

“Post-war housing project. ,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/57365.

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