Afro-American (June 6, 1925)
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
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…