Built 1942-1946 Phone +1 202-396-9100 | NRHP Reference # 89001735 Added to NRHP 1 November 1989 | |
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Location 3819 Jay St., NE
Washington, DC Address 3744 Hayes St NE, Washington, DC 20019, USA Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture Similar Fort Chaplin Park, Trinity Towers, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic G, Founders Library, Minnesota Avenue station | ||
Mayfair Mansions Apartments are historic structures in the Mayfair neighborhood of the Northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. The garden apartments were built between 1942 and 1946 and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
History
Mayfair Mansions were the project of radio evangelist Lightfoot Solomon Michaux. Albert I. Cassell, one of Washington’s first professionally trained African American architects, designed the three-story buildings in the Colonial Revival style. They are among the first federally subsidized housing projects for African Americans in the United States. The complex was built on the former location of the Benning Race Track. The 411 unit complex was rehabilitated for $48 million in 2009.
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