What was opened just before the First Houses located in Atlanta, Georgia, that replaced a shantytown just south of Georgia Tech along Techwood Drive as America's first what?
Techwood Homes Techwood Homes was the first public housing project in the United States, opened just before the First Houses. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, it replaced a shantytown known as Tanyard Bottom or Tech Flats. It was completed on August 15, 1936, but was dedicated on November 29 of the previous year by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The apartments included bathtubs and electric ranges in each unit, 189 of which had garages. Central laundry facilities, a kindergarten and a library were also provided. Techwood was intended to eliminate the slums that the poor had been living in, but eventually became one itself.
Indiantown, South Carolina Indiantown is an unincorporated community in rural Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States. Prior to the arrival of Europeans to North America, it was the site of a historic Chickasaw village and the area was a favored hunting and fishing ground. Within the community is the modern headquarters of the eastern Chickasaw. Known as the Chaloklowa Chickasaw, the people were officially recognized as a tribe by the State of South Carolina in 2005.