North Capitol Citizen(Jan 16, 1925)
This file appears in: Bloomingdale Tour: 40 Randolph Place
The North Capitol Citizens Association routinely threatened homeowners with lawsuits for breaking covenants.
This file appears in: Bloomingdale Tour: 40 Randolph Place
Bloomingdale Tour: 40 Randolph Place
In 1924, a government clerk named Sereno Ivy attempted to buy this house. However, the developers Middaugh & Shannon had included a racial covenant in the property’s original 1902 deed. Despite the fact that African Americans already lived…