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Kiawah Homes is a housing complex located in the Wagener Terrace neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1942 as part of a federal housing program for World War II laborers and sold to the Charleston Housing Authority in 1954. Long before the Kiawah Homes were built, the property had been The Cottage Farm at least by 1805.
Plans for a new housing complex began in May 1935 when the Public Works Administration decided to allocate $1.5 million to Charleston to clear slums and redevelop the land with new housing. [1] The affordable rent was to pay off the cost of the project over 40 years.
The new housing was expected to cost only $2.30 a month for rent per room. [1] Bids for the construction of the housing was due December 11, 1939, for the 128 single-story housing units. The new project was called the Wragg Borough Homes in honor of Samuel Wragg, the previous owner of most of the property. [2]
In 1979, the Charleston County Housing and Redevelopment Authority tried to rework the building into apartments for the elderly with the assistance of $2.5 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The lowest bid received for the work, however, was $3.6 million. At the time, the chairman of the Authority was Joseph H. Floyd. [3]
The United States Housing Authority agreed to transfer the housing project to the Charleston Housing Authority once the construction debt was repaid but in no less than 60 years. [4] Anson Borough Homes was announced to open about February 1, 1940. [5] The project had 162 units (691 rooms). [6]
Mount Pleasant Regional Airport covers an area of 300 acres (120 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 3,700 x 75 ft (1,128 x 23 m). [1]For the 12-month period ending November 15, 2019, the airport had 18,250 aircraft operations, an average of 50 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 1% military.
The airport is operated by the Charleston County Aviation Authority under a joint-use agreement with Joint Base Charleston. [3] It is South Carolina's busiest airport; in 2023 the airport served over 6.1 million passengers in its busiest year on record. [4] The airport is located in North Charleston and is approximately 12 miles (19 km ...