Description

"Looking northwest on Fair St S.E. Note dome of State Capitol in background. The houses shown in the picture, except the one in the extreme right, were occupied by colored families."View looking west at houses on Fair Street (later named Memorial Drive) in an area that would be cleared to build Capitol Homes in Atlanta, Georgia.street scenes; social conditions; substandard housing; public housingCapitol Homes was a public housing development located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Completed in 1941, Capitol Homes was initially segregated for white families. The development was demolished in 2003.

Record Contributed By

Atlanta History Center

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia