Description

"Colored house in the rear of Martin Street, S.E. Outside toilet and hydrant."View of a house behind Martin Street featuring an outhouse in an area near downtown Atlanta, Georgia that would later be cleared to build Capitol Homes.street scenes; social conditions; substandard housing; public housing; outside bathrooms; toiletsCapitol Homes was a public housing development located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Completed in 1941, Capitol Homes was initially segregated for white families. The development was demolished in 2003.

Record Contributed By

Atlanta History Center

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia