The City of Fayetteville and some residents are hitting an important milestone in their efforts to register a historically Black neighborhood in the National Register of Historic Places . The city just received a state grant to nominate the neighborhood for the register — a grant up for review at Monday night’s city council meeting.
People in the Broadell community told ABC11 that the area is rich with history.
“This area basically was built for the Black community in the 50s … it was really for the Black professionals of the area,” said Fayetteville Councilman D.J. Haire.
Neighborhood residents said Broadell is and has been home to some of Fayetteville’s most respected and prominent Black historical figures.
There are so many people who are legacies of these beautiful Broadell homes community.
“We knew that it had a history of, you know, faculty from Fayetteville State University. It was a place for educators to live. Going back further than that, we found some roots in World War II history that talked about, you know, people returning from World War II and African-American community members due to redlining. That was one of the only areas that that they were allowed to buy property,” said Chris Cauley, the economic and community development director for the City of Fayetteville.