Welfare Housing
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The five-building Prowers County Welfare Housing complex on the north side of Lamar was built in 1938–41 as a series of Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects. The one-story sandstone buildings were the only New Deal public housing complex constructed in eastern Colorado.
Location
Lamar, CO
Place
Prowers County
Date
May 29, 2017