Columbus Neighborhoods
Columbus's Picture-Perfect Neighborhood Had One Terrible Rule
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1935 Beechwold deeds used restrictive covenants to ban Black residents in Columbus, Ohio.
Examine a 1935 brochure for the Beechwold neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, which advertised natural beauty and quality housing. However, early property deeds reveal restrictive covenants intended to ban Black individuals from owning property in the area, showcasing early forms of residential segregation and discrimination in real estate.
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Columbus Neighborhoods is a local public television program presented by WOSU
Columbus Neighborhoods
Columbus's Picture-Perfect Neighborhood Had One Terrible Rule
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Examine a 1935 brochure for the Beechwold neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, which advertised natural beauty and quality housing. However, early property deeds reveal restrictive covenants intended to ban Black individuals from owning property in the area, showcasing early forms of residential segregation and discrimination in real estate.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipBeechwold, the beautiful, promised a dream.
But for whom?
This 1935 brochure advertises the Beechwold neighborhood in Columbus.
Developer Charles Johnson was showcasing the natural splendor of the neighborhood and the building quality of the houses there to entice residents who were longing to escape urban Columbus.
What early property deeds to the neighborhood suggest is that this escape also meant banning black people from.
Owning or even living in the neighborhood.
These kinds of rules, known as racial restrictive covenants, were deemed unenforceable by 1948.
But they have lasting impacts on where non-white people could live and be welcome across the city.
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