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Blandville House on
Dunbar Street. UTM: 17
513263E 3897513N Blandville, an African
American community, grew up in the early twentieth century to the west
of Tryon Street just below Morehead Street. It was common for African
Americans to live at the edge of the Center City. The centerpiece
of the neighborhood was the African American First Baptist Church,
destroyed in the 1970s. Dunbar Street contains the only vestiges
of Blandville. This structure is the best preserved example of
modest homes built for laborers. In 1939 it was the home to
Clarence Freeman, who worked as a helper at the nearby Terrell
Machine Company on West Palmer Street in Third Ward. The house dates from the late
1920s or early 1930s. |
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