Wentworth Gardens

Wentworth Gardens

39th St. and Wentworth Ave.

Project: Wentworth Gardens

Year Built: 1946, Acquired by CHA in 1956

Year Closed: Rehabilitated

Architect: N/A

Historical Resources:

“Order New Applications for Wentworth Gardens.” Chicago Daily Tribune, January 29, 1946. p. 14. Retrieved September 18, 2008 from ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

“28 Vets Move Families Into Home Projects.” Chicago Daily Tribune, August 6, 1946. p. 15. Retrieved September 18, 2008 from ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

Feldman, Roberta M., and Susan Stall. The Dignity of Resistance: Women Residents' Activism in Chicago Public Housing.Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

“First Housing Projects Need Rehabilitation; Estimate 3 Year Cost at $6,000,000.” Chicago Daily Tribune, September 10, 1956. p. A8. Retrieved September 18, 2008 from ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

Photograph of Wentworth Gardens, 1951 from the Mildred Mead Photographs, Special Collections Department, University of Chicago Library.