"The Weeksville houses were a source of hope to the people who once lived here and they can be hope for the people who live in this community now." Four wood-framed cottages, known as the Hunterfly Road Houses, are all the remains today of the pre-Civil War enclave of Weeksville, which was once among the country's largest independent 19th-century Black communities. Located in what is now the Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Crown Heights, the @weeksvilleheritagecenter offers tours of the houses, which are furnished to reflect various time periods in which they were inhabited, including the Civil War era, the early 1900s, and the 1930s. Learn about the deep history preserved within these structures and what is in store for their future from the Fall 2022 issue of Preservation magazine. Find the link up in our Bio 🔼 Weeksville Heritage Center received a grant from the National Trust's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund in 2018. Image 1: The exterior of 1702-1704 Bergen St. Image 2: The parlor at 1702 Bergen St. is furnished to reflect the 1860s. Image 2: Inside 1700 Bergen St., which contains items from the early 1900s. Image 3: The period kitchen at 1698 Bergen St. provides a sense of how the house's 1930s residents would have prepared meals. Image 5: At 1698 Bergen St., the interiors represent the 1930s. Image 6: Joan Maynard, the first executive director of what is now the Weeksville Heritage Center, served as a key early advocate for the site's preservation. Image 7: Hunterfly Road Houses, Weeksville All 📷: @sans.murs #SavingPlaces #TellTheFullStory #AACHAF