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Benjamin Banneker Apartment


Benjamin Banneker Apartment, Cumberland. Click on the MEDIA ITEMS below for more information
   



The Benjamin Banneker Apartment complex on Frederick Street in Cumberland was constructed during 1952-1953. In a Cumberland newspaper article from March 11, 1953, and just prior to its opening, it is simply referred to as the, "colored" housing project. It was eventually named for the Maryland born African-American mathematician and astronomer, Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806).
These photographs depict the 30-unit apartment complex shortly after it opened, and during its razing in August 2007.

In Spring 2011 a new Cumberland Housing Authority project, Banneker Gardens, opened on this site.



ID:
acaa047

Notes:
Photograph of the Benjamin Banneker Apartment building courtesy of the City of Cumberland. The August 2, 2007 depiction of its razing is by Albert L. Feldstein

Collection Location:
Allegany County, Maryland

Subject:
African Americans, History; Allegany County (Md.), History.

 Coverage:
Allegany County (Md.), 1890-2008

  
 
Western Maryland Regional Library
100 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
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