Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Street, William Street & Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: The first federally funded housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes represents the first large-scale attempt to eradicate slum housing in a socially humanitarian way in this country. Techwood's emphasis on living standards and community planning - as illustrated by its engineering and construction techniques, site layout, landscape and open space design - served as an experimental model for subsequent public housing projects.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N99
Survey number: HABS GA-2257
Building/structure dates: 1934-1936 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1993 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1955 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000632