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Facts About Longview Homesteads
Title
Facts About Longview Homesteads
Subject
subsistence homesteads
Excerpt
Initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads, March 3, 1934, and transferred to the Resettlement Administration in May, 1935.
Longview Homesteads is a subsistence homesteads project for low-income industrial families who are employed in the lumbering and wood processing plants in the vicinity. It purposes to provide better housing and living conditions and to give the project residents an opportunity to lower their living costs by the production of home grown fruit and vegetables.
A flat land area composed of mottled gray and brown loam deposited by previous floods was chosen for the project site. The soil has been tested to combat acidity and the lack of organic material and is now well suited to the production of truck crop and berries. The entire tract has been drained and the parts not used for homesites have been put into roads and streets. Fruit trees, shrubs and ornamental landscaping have been provided for all the units. City water has been supplied from a main about 1200 feet from the project. Electricity has been provided by a private utility but gas is not available. Project roads connect the homesites with each other and with adjacent highways. Sewage disposal is by individual septic tanks.
Each of the 60 units, ranging from 1.4 to 3 acres, is provided with a house and outbuildings including a combination cow barn and poultry house and a garage. There are 40 houses of 4 rooms, 8 of 5 rooms and 12 of 6 rooms. The larger houses are of two story construction. Although eight different architectural designs have been employed, to provide variety, all houses are of frame construction with shingled roofs and have been built on a concrete foundation.
Longview Homesteads is a subsistence homesteads project for low-income industrial families who are employed in the lumbering and wood processing plants in the vicinity. It purposes to provide better housing and living conditions and to give the project residents an opportunity to lower their living costs by the production of home grown fruit and vegetables.
A flat land area composed of mottled gray and brown loam deposited by previous floods was chosen for the project site. The soil has been tested to combat acidity and the lack of organic material and is now well suited to the production of truck crop and berries. The entire tract has been drained and the parts not used for homesites have been put into roads and streets. Fruit trees, shrubs and ornamental landscaping have been provided for all the units. City water has been supplied from a main about 1200 feet from the project. Electricity has been provided by a private utility but gas is not available. Project roads connect the homesites with each other and with adjacent highways. Sewage disposal is by individual septic tanks.
Each of the 60 units, ranging from 1.4 to 3 acres, is provided with a house and outbuildings including a combination cow barn and poultry house and a garage. There are 40 houses of 4 rooms, 8 of 5 rooms and 12 of 6 rooms. The larger houses are of two story construction. Although eight different architectural designs have been employed, to provide variety, all houses are of frame construction with shingled roofs and have been built on a concrete foundation.
Creator
Farm Security Administration
Date
n.d.
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