Clark Howell Homes, Building C-4, 432 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: Building C-4 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Clark Howell Homes is the first public housing project to be completed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, which was created in May 1938. Clark Howell Homes in a representative example of pre-World War II housing projects constructed by local housing authorities nationwide with the assistance of the United States Housing Authority. Clark Howell Homes was designed by the prominent Atlanta firm of Hentz, Adler, and Schutze. The project was named in honor of Clark Howell, Sr., one of several Atlanta businessmen who were instrumental in securing federal funds to alleviate slum housing conditions in Atlanta during the 1930s.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N525

Survey number: HABS GA-2309-F

Building/structure dates: 1939- 1941 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1939- 1941 Initial Construction

garden apartments public housing cantilevered roofs gable roofs side gables yards brick veneer clotheslines courtyards atlanta howell homes clark howell homes lovejoy lovejoy street fulton county georgia j warren armistead kyle f epstein edith henderson adler and schutze hentz historic american buildings survey housing authority of the city of atlanta inc kitwrites robert g lose phillip mosier newcomb and boyd kit sutherland architects warren epstein and associates photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress national register of historic places

1933 - 1970

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