<em>Afro-American</em> (June 6, 1925)

ID: 3624
This file appears in: Bloomingdale Tour: 40 Randolph Place

In 1925, a court upheld a racial covenant restricting the sale of 40 Randolph Pl to white buyers.

This file appears in: Bloomingdale Tour: 40 Randolph Place

By Prologue DC
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…