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Black Rock Gardens Historic District

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quadrangle-like parks. Some of the buildings are connected to one another. The buildings are relatively uniformly styled, with cast stone trim elements, brick parapets, and flat roofs, with some window openings occupied by projecting window bays to provide visual interest. Entrance surrounds have neoclassical features including full entablatures.
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Black Rock Gardens is located in southwestern Bridgeport's Black Rock neighborhood, on 7 acres (2.8 ha) bounded by Fairfield Avenue, Rowsley Street, Haddon Street, Nash Lane, and Brewster Street. It consists of 12 three-story red brick Colonial Revival buildings, set around small
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Bounded by Fairfield St., Brewster St. and Nash Ln., including Rowsley and Haddon Sts.,
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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to provide war-time emergency housing for workers in war-related factories, during
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Black Rock Gardens Historic District is located in Connecticut
Black Rock Gardens Historic District is located in the United States
Bridgeport, Connecticut
41°9′27″N 73°13′30″W / 41.15750°N 73.22500°W / 41.15750; -73.22500
R. Clipston Sturgis
Skinner & Walker
MPS
Wartime Emergency Housing in Bridgeport MPS
90001430
historic district
Black Rock
Bridgeport, Connecticut
United States Housing Corporation
National Register of Historic Places
United States Housing Corporation
World War I
R. Clipston Sturgis
Arthur Shurtleff
Skinner & Walker
Garden City movement
Connecticut portal
History of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Black Rock Historic District
National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Black Rock Historic Districts
Black Rock Gardens Historic District

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