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    Sandy Ground designations

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designations  •  Rossville, Staten Island
    569 & 565 Bloomingdale Road. Image: Courtesy of LPC.

    Four buildings date to 19th century community founded by African- American freedmen. On February 1, 2011, Landmarks celebrated the beginning of Black History Month by designating as landmarks four buildings in the Sandy Ground community of Rossville, Staten Island. Sandy Ground was established in the 19th century as one of the country’s earliest African-American freedmen communities. The community grew when African-American oystermen migrated from the Chesapeake Bay after Maryland passed laws restricting African-Americans from captaining their own boats.

    Landmarks designated the cottages at 565 and 569 Bloomingdale Road as a single landmark, and in separate hearings, designated the Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church at 584 Bloomingdale Road and the Coleman House at 1482 Woodrow Road. Landmarks initially held hearings on the buildings in August 2010. 7 CityLand 126 (Sept. 15, 2010). (more…)

    Tags : Bloomingdale Road Houses, Sandy Ground
    Date: 03/15/2011
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