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Prospect Heights Housing Project

Coordinates: 41°51′41″N 71°22′1″W / 41.86139°N 71.36694°W / 41.86139; -71.36694
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Prospect Heights Housing Project
Prospect Heights Housing Project is located in Rhode Island
Prospect Heights Housing Project
Prospect Heights Housing Project is located in the United States
Prospect Heights Housing Project
Location560 Prospect St., Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°51′41″N 71°22′1″W / 41.86139°N 71.36694°W / 41.86139; -71.36694
Area21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built1941
ArchitectJohn F. O'Malley[2]
Architectural styleModern
MPSPawtucket MRA
NRHP reference No.84002041[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 2015

The Prospect Heights Housing Project is a historic public housing complex at 560 Prospect Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The project consists of 35 brick-faced two-story rowhouses, each containing between 6 and 10 units, and a single-story brick administration building, set on 21 acres (8.5 ha) in the southern part of the city. The complex was developed in 1941–42, with funding assistance from the United States Housing Authority, a New Deal-era housing initiative of the federal government. It is the one of two complexes of this type in the city, and has only seen relatively minor alterations.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Prospect Heights Housing Project" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved December 31, 2015.