Adi Talwar
The brownstone center of frame was owned by the Grey family from 1924 to 2006. Prior to that, the Grays had owned property in nearby Weeksville from 1838 to 1928.
Through the Civil War and Jim Crow, depression and boom, redlining and deregulation, one Black family near the historic Weeksville settlement managed to preserve its hold on the family property. Until it didn’t.
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