Kensington Gardens Apartment Complex
Kensington Gardens Apartment Complex | |
Kensington Gardens Apartment Complex, April 2011 | |
| Location | 1, 2, 3 W. Cleveland Dr., Buffalo, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°56′30″N 78°47′59″W / 42.94167°N 78.79972°W |
| Area | 20.83 acres (8.43 ha) |
| Built | 1941 |
| Architect | Godfrey Weinstein and William I. Hohasuer Architecture and Engineering |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 10000989[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 17, 2010 |
Kensington Gardens Apartment Complex is a historic apartment complex located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was built in 1941–1942 and is a multi-unit apartment complex containing a total of 280, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments in a variety of detached and semi-attached buildings in the Colonial Revival style. The 59 contributing buildings are grouped around grassed courts. There are 10 court areas created on the site and three building types within the courts. It is an example of a World War II-era worker housing community built with financing by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places" (PDF). WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 8/16/10 THROUGH 8/20/10. National Park Service. December 17, 2010.
- ^ Jason Wilson and Tom Yots (June 2010). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Kensington Gardens Apartment Complex. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ^ Kensington Gardens' Workforce Housing Joins National Register Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, December 24, 2010. Accessed March 14, 2011.