Location: Area bounded by 7th Avenue to the east, 11th Avenue to the west, Sherman/Grant Street to the north, and Buckeye Road to the south.
Architect: Lescher and Mahoney, Supervising Architects
William.C.Lefebvre, Site Engineering
Walter Johannessen, Site Engineering
Orvile Bell, Association Architect
Paul Eaton, Associate Architect
V. O. Wallingford, Associate Architect
Malcolm D. Seashore, Associate Architect
Foster Warwick, Landscape Architect
Job/Commission Number: Commission No. 909-C. Also find an additional 31 sheets of 1940 drawings from this project in accession number 1997.034.023.
Drawings: 24 Sheets. 30"Lx42"W
Condition Report: N/A
Historical Note: Upon opening in 1941, the Matthew Henson Projects were the first public housing units in Arizona available for rent to the city's African American residents. Matthew Henson was the African American explorer who co-discovered the North Pole. These were a model for other public housing units west of the Mississippi.
Date Original1940Date Range1940s (1940-1949)Permissions and ReuseThis material is the property of the Phoenix Museum of History.
