2213 First St

ID: 3589
This file appears in: Bloomingdale Tour: 2213 First Street

Developer Harry Wardman included racial covenants in the original deeds for 2213 First St and the others in this row.

This file appears in: Bloomingdale Tour: 2213 First Street

By Prologue DC
Clara Mays bought 2213 First Street in February 1944, after the house she had been renting was sold. Mays defied a racial covenant because she couldn’t find another place for her large household.…