Richland Alphabet House

Richland Alphabet House

Housing; Housing developments; Labor housing; Dwellings; Neighborhoods; Residential streets; Government employees; City planning; War work

Close proximity view of a Richland "A" house. "In 1943, the United States Government contracted Gustav Albin Pehrson, an engineer and architect from Spokane, WA, to design the Hanford Engineer Works (HEW) Village. Pehrson labeled the house floor plans by letters, hence the common references to the historical homes as “Alphabet,” “ABC,” or “Letter” houses" (http://reachstories.org/). Noted in caption, "A dwelling built during the war in Richland, home of the Hanford Atomic Workers."

Charles McVey

Hanford History Project, Washington State University - Tricities

1940s

image/ tif

English

RG1D_4A_0007

2016

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photograph

1 photo: Black and white, 6.5 cm x 9cm.