dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-27T15:11:17Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-27T15:11:17Z
dc.date.issued	1942-01-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000586
dc.description	The war effort and the revitalization of Fort Custer swelled greater Battle Creek's population by about 7,500 in 1940 and 1941, resulting in an acute housing shortage. The federal government responded by building 250 houses on a 35-acre cornfield south of West Territorial Road and east of 20th Street. Prairieview Homes, as it was called, accommodated non-commissioned officers and civil service employees of the army. The city received plans for the $773,000 housing project on Feb. 4, 1941, and families began moving in on June 14. Rents ranged from $15 to $23 per month, to which was added $8.05 per month for utilities.	en_US
dc.format.medium	4x5 BW negative
dc.subject	fort custer army military housing WWII	en_US
dc.title	Prairieview Homes alleviates wartime housing shortage	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	PRAIRIEVIEW HOMES, 1941
dc.description.photographer	Enquirer and News
dc.description.taxonomy	Geographic\|Battle Creek Area History\|Wars\|World War II	en_US

Prairieview Homes alleviates wartime housing shortage

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