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African-American Settlements and Communities in Columbus, Ohio | A report

African-American Settlements and Communities

in Columbus, Ohio A Report

Columbus Landmarks Foundation

Dr. Toni Smith, Project Manager Ed Lentz, Executive Director Columbus Landmarks Foundation

Columbus Landmarks Foundation Press 61 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Distributed under license Columbus Landmarks Foundation First Edition, December 2014

The Columbus Landmarks Foundation's African American Landmarks Preservation Initiative was made possible with major grants from the Ohio Humanities Council and The Richard and Julia Moe Fund of the National Trust for Historic

Preservation. Funding provided for recruitment of more than 40 volunteers engaged in ongoing community-based research and for free workshops on research and preservation.

In addition, scholarly perspectives on the project were provided by Dr. Hasan Jeffries, The Ohio State University; Sam Gresham, Common Cause Ohio; Barbara Powers, Ohio History Connection; and Reita Smith, First Families of Ohio, at a panel discussion with the community on September 18,

2014, at the Main Library of the Columbus Metropolitan Library

Authors, Contributors, Researchers: Joann Alexander, Terry Anderson (Steering Committee), Irene Berry, Julie Blackston, Peggy Broadmax, Julia Braxton, Beverly Carroll, Lloyd Clark, Becky Ellis, Nettie Ferguson,

Cheryl Garrett, Frederic Garett, Lauren Herron, Conrade Hinds (Steering Committee), Linda Hopkins, Calvin Jennings, Annette Jefferson, Carolyn Johnson, Emma Jones, Kathy Mast Kane (Steering Committee),

Ed Lentz (Steering Committee), Ralph Lucas, Ray Miller (Steering Committee), Ruth Manigoe, Bea Murphy, Cathy Nelson (Steering Committee), Aaron O'Donavan, Lois Neff, Andrew Neutzling, Earl Ports, Kathy Prillerman,

Kenneth Redman, Betty Stull (Steering Committee), Reita Smith, Toni Smith, Lenore Thomas, Julialynne Walker, Doreen Uhas Sauer, Donna Van Meter, Rahauna Wilburn, Orlando Wilburn, Marsha Wood, Russ Pollack and the staff

of the Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Franklin County Genealogical Society

______________________________________________________ Above: Hilltop, unidentified child with dog, circa 1915.

Table of Contents

Preface

8

Introduction

10

Central Business District

14

Late Nineteenth and Early

16

Twentieth Century Settlements

16

Near East Side History

17

Transportation and Business

18

Institutions

21

Education

23

Churches

24

Medical Care

27

Labor and Segregation

28

Settlements and Communities of Columbus

32

Blackberry Patch, Bronzeville, and Poindexter Village

32

American Addition (origin, 1898)

37

Africa (origin, c. 1850s)

38

Badlands (origin, c. 1890s)

39

Burnside Heights (origin, c. 1907)

40

Flytown (origin: c. 1870s)/ Goodale

44

Franklinton (origin, c. 1797)

46

Hanford Village (origin: c.1890s/ 1907)

47

Oak Woods, Worthington (origin, c. 1830s)

50

Peter's Run (origin, c. 1820s)

51

Hilltop (origin, c. 1870s)

53

Laneview (origin, c. 1870s)

54

Lucy Depp (origin, c. 1830s/1926)

55

Mudsock (origin, c. 1850s)

56

Sellsville (origin, 1870s)

57

Conclusion

59

Research Topics

60

Appendix

68

Endnotes

71

Bibliography and Photo Credits

75

______________________________________________________ Above: Janet Grant Walker Smith, daughter of a Baptist preacher, moved with her family from Dayton to Circleville, Ohio before marrying and settling in Columbus on the North Side. She represented the Ohio Federation of Colored Girls when the National Association of Colored Women picketed the White House in 1946 to protest recent lynchings of African-American men.

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