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Mansion at 7th and Chestnut, 1951

Item

No 7 - Old mansion at 7th and Chestnut, 1951_web.jpg

Title

Mansion at 7th and Chestnut, 1951

Description

Old mansion at 7th and Chestnut Streets, 1951. The sign over the door reads Huston and a smaller sign to the right of the door reads “COL HOTEL” which by that time, the area being in the African American business district, likely indicates it was a hotel for African Americans. Research identified the mansion as The Huston apartments, at 620 W. Chestnut (the southeast corner of 7th and Chestnut) only listed in the mid-1950s, so the 1951 date is in error. No listing of a hotel by that name appears in the 1950 through 1953 directories. Like so many of these fine old houses, it originally was a single family dwelling. By 1898 it had been converted to a boarding house.

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Source

Filson Photograph Collection

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Identifier

014PC40.67

Citation

Unknown, “Mansion at 7th and Chestnut, 1951,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed March 29, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/2144.

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