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Richard Allen Homes. 1953

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“Richard Allen Homes. 1953”. no date. Louise Bush-Brown Collection (2020.20), 1953.
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Richard Allen Homes. 1953. (1953). Richard Allen Homes. 1953. Louise Bush-Brown Collection (2020.20). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A202661
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“Richard Allen Homes. 1953”. Louise Bush-Brown Collection (2020.20), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Louise Bush-Brown Image Collection, 1953. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A202661.
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Title

Richard Allen Homes. 1953

Subject

Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program
Richard Allen Homes (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Berry, Alton C.
Nichols, Ann

Description

Richard Allen Homes, named after the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, is a housing project in lower North Philadelphia that was funded by the U.S. Housing Authority under the Housing Act of 1937. A collaboration between the Neighborhood Garden Association and Mr. Alton C. Berry, Manager, and Mrs. Ann Nichols, Home Advisor, a multiple year program was formed to "Make Richard Allen Homes the Garden Spot of North Philadelphia."

Contributors

Bush-Brown, Louise, 1897-1974

Date

1953

Location Covered

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Type

Image

Original Format

Slides

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

2020.20.01

Source

Louise Bush-Brown Collection (2020.20)

Language

eng

Relation

Louise Bush-Brown Image Collection

Provenance

Gift; Mr. James Bush-Brown ; 1985

Rights

Copyright restrictions may exist. It is the responsibility of the user to seek permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce material from the PHS McLean Library and Archives. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 100 North 20th Street. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.

Contact

For more information, contact McLean Library and Archives, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, 215-988-8782, mcleanlibrary@pennhort.org

Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. In addition, this project is supported in part through a 2021 National Endowment for the Humanities SHARP Grant.

Notes

"In 1953, Louise Bush-Brown organized settlement house workers, and garden clubs into the Neighborhood Gardens Association to sponsor horticultural beautification programs in low income neighborhoods and at public housing projects. Some of today's active community gardeners like Alta Felton and Mabel Wilson began gardening in public with NGA. It had seen 850 blocks planted by its 25th anniversary in 1978 shortly before becoming part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Philadelphia Green Program." -- Libby J. Goldstein. Philadelphia's Community Garden History. http://www.cityfarmer.org/Phillyhistory10.html (accessed 10/26/2020)