South Side Home
This file appears in: Building a City for Workers
The African American population of Gary increased greatly during the decade of 1910-20, from fewer than 400 to more than 5,000. Most Black families, like most families with foreign born members, lived on the South Side, due to racist segregationist sentiments held by white, native born, powerful people in Gary. Also rooted in white racism, the lower wages earned by African American workers further limited their housing choices. Many Black families lived in cramped housing. Conditions were sometimes unsanitary as well.
This file appears in: Building a City for Workers
Building a City for Workers
The Gary Land Company’s First Subdivision covered the area from just south of the Steel Mill Entrance south to the Wabash tracks (9th Avenue), and from Tennessee Street west to Fillmore Street. In the First Subdivision, restrictions and controls…