Tract 1099

Covenants     –     Neighborhoods     –   Suburban Expansion    –     Before 1938   –   Moving into a Neighborhood     

Zoning   –     Public Housing     –   Resources    –    Eminent Domain       

  Buying on Contract    –   East Bakersfield     –   Rumford Fair Housing Act

Tract 1099- Holtby Park, Bakersfield California, established in 1940

Holtby Park was a racially restricted (white only) neighborhood. The covenant reads, section E, “Said premises shall not be used or occupied by any person who is not of the white or Caucasian race.” Explore Interactive Map