Restore America Sites 2005-2006

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Aberdeen Gardens
Previous: Pilots’ Row
City of Hampton, Virginia
A New Deal model resettlement community built between 1933 and 1938, Aberdeen Gardens was once a slave plantation in Elizabeth City County (now known as Hampton), Va. Dedicated in 1937, the community consisted of 158 brick houses on large garden lots, a school and a community store. Near the end of World War II, Aberdeen tenants were allowed to purchase their homes. Today, Aberdeen Gardens remains a stable middle-class neighborhood where many descendants of the original families still live in the historic homes.
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