Mill Community Record Bridgeport
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Black Rock Gardens Historic District
- Address or Location
- Bounded by Fairfield St., Brewster St. and Nash Ln., including Rowsley and Haddon Sts., Bridgeport
- Specific Location
- n/a
- County
- Fairfield
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Complexes
- n/a
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Twelve apartment blocks.
Dates of Construction
1916-1920
Housing Types
Brief Description
For description see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/90001430.pdf.
Black Rock Gardens was built as worker housing during the First World War by the United States Government under the auspices of the United States Housing Corporation and in collaboration with the Bridgeport Housing Company. The development includes twelve red brick attached and freestanding three-story apartment blocks, which are of a largely standardized Colonial Revival design created by architect R. Clipson Sturgis, associate architect A.H. Hepburn, the architectural firm of Skinner and Walker, and planner A.A. Shurtleff. After the war’s conclusion on November 11, 1918, the United States Housing Corporation sold Black Rock Gardens and its 82 other housing developments in 26 states to individual homeowners and housing associations.
