Veterans' Village

Lynn E. Niedermeier, Western Kentucky University

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Reprinted with permission from Landmark Report, October 1999.

Abstract

After World War II, Western Kentucky State College (now Western Kentucky University) faced a severe housing shortage for returning veterans. In 1946, President Paul Garrett created Veterans' Village from a variety of government-surplus quonset huts, trailers and prefabricated housing. Veterans' Village provided on-campus housing for married and other non-traditional students until 1976.