Nystrom Village is situated on Maine, Virginia and Florida Avenues between 13th and 16th Streets, with 51 single-story duplexes arranged around central open spaces. It shares many design attributes with Atchison Village, the only other surviving defense housing project in the area.
Today, the complex of one-, two-, and three-bedroom units is largely intact and is administered as low-income housing by the Richmond Housing Authority. Future plans for the park include refitting one of the houses as an exhibit on daily war-time home life that will eventually be open to visitors.
Note: Visitors may drive through the area and see the historic homes. However, please be respectful of residents. There are no NPS staff members on site.
Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park
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Audio Stop: Nystrom Village
This brief audio stop takes a look at a WWII Home Front housing area that was available to some shipyard workers during WWII.
Credit / Author:
NPS/Luther Bailey
Date created:
08/01/2023
Audio Transcript
Nystrom Village is situated on Maine, Virginia and Florida Avenues between 13th and 16th Streets, with 51 single-story duplexes arranged around central open spaces. It shares many design attributes with Atchison Village, the only other surviving defense housing project in the area.
Today, the complex of one-, two-, and three-bedroom units is largely intact and is administered as low-income housing by the Richmond Housing Authority. Future plans for the park include refitting one of the houses as an exhibit on daily war-time home life that will eventually be open to visitors.
Audio Stop: Nystrom Village
This brief audio stop takes a look at a WWII Home Front housing area that was available to some shipyard workers during WWII.
Credit / Author:
NPS/Luther Bailey
Date created:
08/01/2023
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service