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Lafayette Courts perspective

Description

An architect's rendering of Lafayette Courts, a public housing project in Baltimore, Maryland. The photographer of the rendering is unknown, but may be Perkins and Perkins/Edwin H. Perkins (see verso).

Verso transcription: The architect's perspective of Lafayette Courts, an 816-unit, low-rent public housing project in Baltimore, Maryland. The architects were: Fisher, Williams, Nes, and Campbell. The project opened for occupancy April 12, 1955. / Housing Authority of Baltimore City / 709 East Eager Street, Baltimore 3, Maryland.

Creator

Date

1955

Language(s)

Dimensions

8 x 10 inches

Object ID

MC6789

Extent

1 print

Catalog Number

MC6789

Resource ID

8797

Notes

This collection is part of the larger Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, transferred to the Maryland Historical Society (now Maryland Center for History and Culture) in 1998.

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.