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United States Housing Corporation Historic District

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but these plans ended with the war. Remaining house lots were sold off in the 1920s to other builders. The houses that were built by the corporation exhibit a uniformity of Colonial Revival design, varied by altering details of trim, roofline, and setting. Most of the houses built later borrow in some way from the vocabulary established by the corporation's designs, and were constrained in their size and setting by deed restrictions.
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in Europe was signed. The corporation plan called for the construction of 64 buildings, either single family or semi-detached two-family buildings. These were largely completed in 1919, and were sold off by 1921. The corporation had originally planned to build more buildings on the available lots,
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The district is bounded on the west by Colman Avenue, the south by West Pleasant Street, the east by Jefferson Street, and on the north by Fuller Street. The district was listed on the
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The United States Housing Corporation development was approved in 1918, and construction began around the same time that the armistice ending
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Roughly bounded by Colman, Fuller, and West Pleasant Streets, and Jefferson Avenue,
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

United States Housing Corporation Historic District is located in Connecticut
United States Housing Corporation Historic District is located in the United States
New London, Connecticut
41°21′17″N 72°6′49″W / 41.35472°N 72.11361°W / 41.35472; -72.11361
Hoppin & Koen
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historic district
New London
Connecticut
United States Housing Corporation
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
National Register of Historic Places
World War I
National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut


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