Black Rock Gardens Historic District

The Black Rock Gardens Historic District is a historic district in the Black Rock neighborhood of Bridgeport, Connecticut. It consists of 12 three-story red brick Colonial Revival buildings, clustered on Fairfield Avenue, Nash Lane, and Haddon Street, and set around small quadrangle-like parks. The complex was built between 1916 and 1920 by the United States Housing Corporation to provide war-time emergency housing for workers in war-related factories, during World War I.[1]

Black Rock Gardens Historic District
Haddon Street apartment blocks
LocationBounded by Fairfield St., Brewster St. and Nash Ln., including Rowsley and Haddon Sts., Bridgeport, Connecticut
Coordinates41°9′27″N 73°13′30″W
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)[1]
ArchitectR. Clipston Sturgis; Skinner & Walker
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSWartime Emergency Housing in Bridgeport MPS
NRHP reference No.90001430[2]
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 1990

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[2]

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