Village One

In 1918, during World War I, the U.S. Government built a unique village of 85 bungalows, a school, and officers barracks to house personnel at nearby Nitrate Plant No. 1. Construction used prefabricated and standard-size materials along with red tile roofs and stucco exteriors, and the streets were laid out in an unusual Liberty Bell design. The village was owned by TVA from 1933 to 1949, when its employees occupied the houses and their children attended a progressive school in the barracks building from 1934 to 1941. In 1949, TVA sold the houses at auction and gave the school and parks to the City of Sheffield. The village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Sheffield, Alabama · United States