Mill Community Record Waterbury
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- United States Housing Corp. Housing
- Address or Location
- 95 Laval Street, Waterbury
- Specific Location
- In the vicinity of Laval Street’s intersection with Southerly Place, including along Southerly Place and Laval, Madison, and Welles Streets.
- County
- New Haven
- Historic Designation
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n/a
- Associated Mill Complexes
- n/a
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Forty-five.
Dates of Construction
1918.
Housing Types
Brief Description
This development was built as worker housing during the First World War by the United States Government under the auspices of the United States Housing Corporation. It includes 45 single-family and duplex-style residences built in 1918. They are of wood-frame construction and stand either two or two-and-a-half stories tall. Several standardized forms are replicated throughout the development, these bearing Tudor Revival influences. The houses were designed by the firm of Murphy and Dana in collaboration with architect J.H. Stone and F.B. Hinchman, planner. After the war’s conclusion on November 11, 1918, the United States Housing Corporation sold the development and its 82 other housing projects in 26 states to individual homeowners and housing associations.
