National Register of Historic Places

Hunterfly Road Historic District

New York, Kings County, New York
Listed
December 5, 1972
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
72000853

About this property

The Weeksville Heritage Center is a historic site on Buffalo Avenue between St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. It is dedicated to the preservation of Weeksville, one of America's first free black communities during the 19th century. Within this community, the residents established schools, churches and benevolent associations and were active in the abolitionist movement. Weeksville is a historic settlement of national significance and one of the few remaining historical sites of pre-Civil War African-American communities. Founding members of the preservation group were James Hurley, Dewey Harley, Dolores McCullough, Joan Maynard, and Patricia Johnson. It was founded as the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant in 1970, and then the Weeksville Heritage Center. The Heritage Center focuses on tours, arts and crafts, literacy and historical preservation programs for public-school students. The site is managed by the Weeksville Society, a historical society that maintains the 12,400-square-foot (1,150 m2) site comprising the historic Hunterfly Houses and an open grassy area.

Location

1698, 1700, 1702, 1704, 1706, 1708 Bergen St.
New York, Kings County, New York
40.67454, -73.92595

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Hunterfly Road Historic District listed on the National Register?

Hunterfly Road Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 5, 1972.

What type of historic resource is Hunterfly Road Historic District?

Hunterfly Road Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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