NRHP Reference # 87000690 Year built 1933 | Area 14 ha Added to NRHP 19 May 1987 | |
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Location Roughly bounded by Liberty and John Sts., Ezzard Charles Dr., and Linn St., Cincinnati, Ohio Architect Frederick W. Garber, et al. | ||
Laurel Homes Historic District is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1987. It contained 29 contributing buildings.
All but three of the historic low-income public housing projects was razed between 2000-02 to make way for new condominiums.
History
Laurel Homes was established in 1938 with 1303 units of low income housing. An adjacent property of 1015 units, Lincoln Court, opened in 1942 to black families only. Apartments at Laurel Homes were leased to both white and to lesser degree, black, families, making it nominally one of the first integrated housing projects in the United States.
Laurel Homes was the second largest Public Works Administration public housing project in the country.