The American Architect
Vol. CXV Wednesday, April 23, 1919 Number 2261
Housing Development That Solves the Lodger Problem
The Naval Ordnance Housing Development, South Charleston, W. Va,
Godley, Haskell & Sedgwick, Architects
RENEWED interest in the many developments
of the United States Housing Corporation, work on which was so suddenly stopped at the cessation of hostilities, has been awakened by the recent announcement from Washington that twenty-two of the larger housing projects will be completed. The excellent work of the corporation in directing the development of such a large number of schemes, each with its individual problems, has attracted wide interest, and much has been said and written regarding the workman s home and its influence upon plant production and labor turnover. This is of a highly beneficial effect, for now that the war is ended it has brought forcefully to the attention of the heads of large industrial organizations the necessity for closer study of the Government’s methods of handling the housing situa
tion in the late emergency as they pertain to their own individual needs. Industrial housing, both from a federal and private standpoint, has come to be recognized as one of the big problems of reconstruction.
From the architect’s point of view the problem of design is one where economic and social rather than purely aesthetic requirements are of prime importance, but it is only in meeting all three that he can reach a satisfactory solution. This has been emphasized by the Corporation, and is illustrated in their projects. Many complex though decidedly interesting situations have arisen where, restricted by conditions and limited by appropriation, the architect has had skillfully to meet demands for ample-size living rooms for general use and sleeping rooms of sufficient number and size to assure
PROSPECTIVE ALONG STREET NO. 2
Copyright, 1919, The Architectural & Building Press (Inc.)
Vol. CXV Wednesday, April 23, 1919 Number 2261
Housing Development That Solves the Lodger Problem
The Naval Ordnance Housing Development, South Charleston, W. Va,
Godley, Haskell & Sedgwick, Architects
RENEWED interest in the many developments
of the United States Housing Corporation, work on which was so suddenly stopped at the cessation of hostilities, has been awakened by the recent announcement from Washington that twenty-two of the larger housing projects will be completed. The excellent work of the corporation in directing the development of such a large number of schemes, each with its individual problems, has attracted wide interest, and much has been said and written regarding the workman s home and its influence upon plant production and labor turnover. This is of a highly beneficial effect, for now that the war is ended it has brought forcefully to the attention of the heads of large industrial organizations the necessity for closer study of the Government’s methods of handling the housing situa
tion in the late emergency as they pertain to their own individual needs. Industrial housing, both from a federal and private standpoint, has come to be recognized as one of the big problems of reconstruction.
From the architect’s point of view the problem of design is one where economic and social rather than purely aesthetic requirements are of prime importance, but it is only in meeting all three that he can reach a satisfactory solution. This has been emphasized by the Corporation, and is illustrated in their projects. Many complex though decidedly interesting situations have arisen where, restricted by conditions and limited by appropriation, the architect has had skillfully to meet demands for ample-size living rooms for general use and sleeping rooms of sufficient number and size to assure
PROSPECTIVE ALONG STREET NO. 2
Copyright, 1919, The Architectural & Building Press (Inc.)