Mill Community Record Bridgeport
FIND ‘MILL COMMUNITIES’- Community Name (Common)
- Wilmot Apartments Historic District
- Address or Location
- Jct. of Connecticut and Wilmot Aves., Bridgeport
- Specific Location
- n/a
- County
- Fairfield
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Complexes
- n/a
- Architectural and Historical Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Four apartment blocks.
Dates of Construction
1916-1920
Housing Types
Brief Description
For additional description see National Register application: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/90001423.pdf. The Wilmot Apartments were 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 four adjoining red brick apartment blocks, which are of a Tudor 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 the Wilmot Apartments and its 82 other housing developments in 26 states to individual homeowners and housing associations.
