Immigrant Housing


This file appears in: Building a City for Workers
Immigrant Housing

Here is an example of typical housing for immigrants on Gary’s South Side. Compared to the housing in the First Subdivision, these buildings were not nearly as well-built. The rickety or ramshackle construction came from builders seeming to have used whatever was at hand for these homes. These dangerous conditions for workers and their families existed at least as late as 1920, fourteen years after the start of the construction of the mill and the city.


This file appears in: Building a City for Workers