History Thursday: Henry Deane & the Domestic Architecture of African Americans
Deane and his wife Lucy financed the construction of 19 houses in the Liberty Town neighborhood of Fredericksburg between the late 1880s and 1908.
By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENTEmail Adele
The area of Fredericksburg known as “Liberty Town”—around Liberty and George streets near Maury Stadium—tells a story of African American entrepreneurship and homeownership in the early years of enforced segregation.
Between the late 1880s and 1909, Henry and Lucy Deane financed the construction of 19 houses and two stables on land they owned in this part of town, according to an article on African American domestic architecture by Gary Stanton, emeritus professor of historic preservation at the University of Mary Washington,.
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By Drew GallagherHUMORIST
As resident humorist for the Advance, I’ve seen my role in the community evolve into something more than simply making people laugh and pissing off Drew from King George. I’ve come to accept that I am here to fight the unbeatable foe; To bear with unbearable sorrow; To run where the brave dare not go; and to offer a potential Halloween mixtape to the world.
(Understanding that the last mixtape I produced was designed to capture the heart of a girl in high school who unfortunately did not see the romance in the lyric, “And if a ten ton truck kills the both of us, to die by your side, well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine” from the Smiths’ song “There is a Light That Never Goes Out”. She’d probably kill to be crushed between the.
