Techwood Homes Historic District | |
![]() Techwood Homes, late 1930s | |
Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 33°46′4″N 84°23′30″W / 33.76778°N 84.39167°W |
Built | 1935 |
Architect | Burge & Stevens; J.A. Jones & Co. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 76000632 |
Added to NRHP | June 29, 1976[1] |
Techwood Homes was an early public housing project in the Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, opened just before the First Houses. The whites-only Techwood Homes replaced an integrated settlement of low-income people known as Tanyard Bottom or Tech Flats. It was completed on August 15, 1936,[2] but was dedicated on November 29 of the previous year by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The new whites-only apartments included bathtubs and electric ranges in each unit, 189 of which had garages.[3] Central laundry facilities, a kindergarten and a library were also provided. Techwood Homes was demolished in advance of the 1996 Olympics and is now Centennial Place Apartments.[4]