Mayfair Mansions, Exterior

ID: 511 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Archive ~ Creator: NPS HABS Survey

This file appears in: Mayfair Mansions: The Mayfair Mansions apartment complex represented a significant development in fair housing for African Americans.

This file appears in: Mayfair Mansions: The Mayfair Mansions apartment complex represented a significant development in fair housing for African Americans.

Mayfair Mansions: The Mayfair Mansions apartment complex represented a significant development in fair housing for African Americans.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Mayfair Mansions, built between 1942 and 1946, was designed by Albert I. Cassell, a Black architect who conceived of a park-like setting, citing the 17 buildings of the complex on angles about a…