Our Decatur History: From 1933-1935, the Subsistence Homesteads Division of the US Department of the Interior (DSH or SHD) was a New Deal agency that was intended to give safe residences to urban poor in small plots of land that would allow them to sustain themselves. Unlike subsistence farming, subsistence homesteading is based on a family member or members having part-time, paid employment. A subsistence homestead denotes a house and out buildings located upon a plot of land on which can be grown a large portion of foodstuffs required by the homestead family. The Homesteads in Decatur was the only New Deal project in Indiana. The Project built 48 units at a unit cost of $3,277 for a total cost of $157,279.94 These pictures were taken in 1938. You can still see some of the same architecture out there.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:14:20 +0000
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