[TABLE 12]

BRIDGEPORT: RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES, 1939

A: structures and dwellings, according to year built
Number and percent of structures, per age class, extant in 1939

	       		 Structures	 Dwelling units
	Year built	 (#)  	 (%)     (#)	 (%)
	-------------	----	-----	-----	-----
	Total in 1939	6280	100.0	13769	100.0
	Before 1885	1698	 27.0	 3385	 24.6
	1885--1894	3700	 58.9	 8268	 60.0
	1895--1904	 369	  5.9	  974	  7.1
	1905--1914	 225	  3.6	  568	  4.1
	1915--1919	  54	  0.9	  124	  0.9
	1920--1924	  61	  1.0	  134	  1.0
	1925--1929	 117	  1.9	  215	  1.6
	1930--1934	  20	  0.3	   36	  0.3
	1935--1939	   5	    *	    8	    *
	Unreported	  31	  0.5	   57	  0.4

Recapitulation:

	Before 1895	5398	 86.0	11653	 84.6
	1895--1914	 594	  9.4	 1542	 11.1
	1915--1939	 257	  4.1	  517	  3.8
	Unreported	  31	  0.5	   57	  0.4

Median year built as of 1939: 1889.


B: residential structures, exterior finish and height
Number and percent of structures extant in 1939

	Wooden	2058	32.8	1-story		2258	36.0
	Brick	4105	65.4	2 stories	3306	52.6
	Stone	  14	 0.2	3 stories	 704	11.2
	Stucco	  20	 0.3	4 stories	  12	 0.2
	Other	  83	 1.3	5+ stories	  --	  --
	Total:	6280	 100	Total:		6280	 100
	Unrep.	  31	  --	Unreported	  31	  --


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Notes:

 *. less than 0.1 percent.

Source: Works Project Administration, Housing in Chicago Communities, 1940
 (Bridgeport), pp. 8, 11, 27-8.