Durham has been awarded a grant of nearly $18,000 to conduct an architectural inventory survey and write a National Register of Historic Places nomination for Emorywood Estates, a historically Black neighborhood located between Fayetteville Road and Highway 55 off of Riddle Road.
The grant, provided by the State Historic Preservation Office, will help document the history and significance of Emorywood Estates, which was built in the mid-1950s and has played an important role in Durham’s Black community.
The city is required to provide a $7,200 local match for the grant, bringing the project total to $25,000. The funds will be used to hire professional historic preservation consultants to complete the nomination process.
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