Mount Union borough
Company Housing (HABS View 2)
The HABS team surveyed Mount Union as a company town, where housing was owned by the factory, streets were laid out by the factory, and life revolved around the factory whistle. Over 140 company-built houses in this town of 3,300 people.
Sources
- catalog l13 facts
- Photograph credit: Library of Congress HABS
Checked 2026-07-26 · Historic Mount Union collection
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