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Park Subdivision was a racially restricted (white-only) neighborhood. The covenant reads, section 5, “No part of any of said lots or building sites shall ever at any time used or occupied, or be permitted to be used or occupied, by any person not of the White or Caucasian race, except such as are in the employ of the resident tenants of said lots.” Explore interactive map

Park Subdivision

Park Subdivision 1

Park Subdivision 1 was a racially restricted (white-only) neighborhood. The covenant reads, section 6, “No part of any of said lots or building sites shall ever at any time be sold, conveyed, leased or rented to any person not of the White or Caucasian race, except such as are in the employ of the resident tenants of said lots.” Section 7 reads, “No part of any of said lots or building sites shall ever at any time used or occupied, or be permitted to be used or occupied, by any person not of the White or Caucasian race, except such as are in the employ of the resident owners or resident tenants of said lots as domestic servants.”  Explore interactive map

Park Subdivision 2

Park Subdivision 2 was a racially restricted (white-only) neighborhood. The covenant reads, section 6, “No part of any of said lots or building sites shall ever at any time be sold, conveyed, leased or rented to any person not of the White or Caucasian race.” Section 7 reads, “No part of any of said lots or building sites shall ever at any time used or occupied, or be permitted to be used or occupied, by any person not of the White or Caucasian race, except such as are in the employ of the resident owners or resident tenants of said lots as domestic servants.”  Explore interactive map