Robert Taylor Homes facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Robert Taylor Homes
2005 photograph of the last remaining Robert Taylor Homes (building 22).
Location	Bordered by Pershing Road, 54th Street, State Street, and Federal Street Bronzeville, Chicago, Illinois  United States
Coordinates	41°48′45″N 87°37′39″W / 41.81250°N 87.62750°W / 41.81250; -87.62750
Status	Demolished
Constructed	1961–62
Demolished	1998–2007
Governing Body	Chicago Housing Authority

Robert Taylor Homes was a public housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, located along State Street between Pershing Road (39th Street) and 54th Street, alongside the Dan Ryan Expressway. The project was named for Robert Rochon Taylor, an African-American activist and the first African American chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). It was a part of the State Street Corridor which included other CHA housing projects: Stateway Gardens, Dearborn Homes, Harold Ickes Homes, and Hilliard Homes.