Aberdeen Gardens was established by Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's
New Deal in 1934 as a model for housing following the Great
Depression. Of the 55 similar areas in the United States, Aberdeen
Gardens is especially significant because it is the only intact
community built by blacks for blacks, many of whom were Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock defense workers. The original architectural
plans, designed by Hilyard Robinson, included a school, multi-purpose
building unit, community center, and tracts for 158 homes. The
community center was never built, but several small stores occupied
the shopping center across from Aberdeen School. Every prefurnished
home was brick with an attached garage, indoor plumbing, a furnace, a
porch, a very large yard, and a chicken coop.
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