Washington Park Subdivision restrictive covenant

CTL-E-3951 · Policy · covenant · 1927–1948

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Racially restrictive covenant barring African Americans from purchasing or leasing land in Chicago's Washington Park Subdivision; by its terms effective only with 95% frontage-owner signatures, of which only about 54% existed. The covenant at issue in Hansberry v. Lee.

Notes

RELP90 new entity (2026-10-06). Name-collision check clean.

Referenced by

Washington Park — impacted by → this record
Woodlawn — impacted by → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Hansberry v. Lee
Quimbee - Hansberry v. Lee case brief

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Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Negro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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