Wilmington's Robert Taylor Homes-- Part 3

From the Wilmington (NC) Housing Authority Site.

The Robert R. Taylor Senior Homes are located today at 1308 N. 5th Street and are for seniors 55 and older. It is an apartment building and consists of 96 one-and-two bedroom units from 716 to 980 square feet. It is located less than one mile north of downtown Wilmington and has income restrictions to live there.

The Wilmington Housing Authority also has the New Brooklyn Homes at Taylor Estates located by the senior homes at 1205 N. 5th Street. This consists of 48 two-to-four bedroom units from 1021-1498 square feet. These are also low income.

I was unable to find out if any of these housing projects are the original one from before World War II, but imagine they are either original or on the site of those.

The New Brooklyn Homes built in the 1930s had 241 units back then before the name was changed to the Robert R. Taylor Homes after the death of Robert Robinson Taylor in 1942.

--Cooter