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Corner Stone laying of the McKees Rocks Terrace Project

1940-09-22

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Corner Stone laying of the McKees Rocks Terrace Project
  • Title
  • Corner Stone laying of the McKees Rocks Terrace Project
  • Creator
  • Allegheny County
  • Identifier
  • MSP80.B001.F02.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP80.B001.F02.I01
  • Description
  • The W.F. Trimble & Son’s Company was the general contractor on the McKees Rocks Terrace Housing Project in 1940-1941. The housing units were constructed at a cost of $700,000. The McKees Rocks Terrace has the distinction of being the Allegheny County Housing Authority’s (ACHA) oldest public housing site. The housing project consisted of 27 brick and frame buildings. They were constructed with a uniform exterior in a row-style plan and each unit had an equal but limited amount of closet and storage space. In 1997 the ACHA applied for a federal grant to demolish the old projects and build larger housing units with back yards and parking, as well as, an on-site community and recreation center.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • McKees Rocks, Terrace (Pa.)
    Public Housing--Pennsylvania--McKees Rocks.
    Allegheny County (Pa.).Housing Authority.
  • Source
  • Trimble Company Photographs, 1924-1951, MSP 80, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Trimble Company Records
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center