Norwayne Subdivision
N 42° 17.604 W 083° 21.306
17T E 305849 N 4685039
Located in front of Jefferson-Barnes Elementary. There is a shoulder on the road to park in front of the marker.
Waymark Code: WMN895
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2015
Views: 7
In 1942, the National Housing Agency designed and built the Norwayne Subdivision to provide rental housing for nearby WWII defense factory workers. It cost $12 million dollars and was then the largest public housing project in the Detroit area. Norwayne was home to employees of the Willow Run Bomber Plant. Bendix Aviation Corporation. Stinson Aircraft Corporation, and Wayne County Asylum. It included two elementary schools, a shopping plaza, a fire station and a church. The schools offered daycare facilities for children whose mothers worked at the defense factories. Twenty-three bus routes provided large scale public transportation in the face of wartime gas rationing.
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