Birwood Wall
The Birwood Wall is significant for its association with the federal policy of redlining that ensured neighborhoods would remain racially segregated the mid-twentieth century. The wall is a six-foot-high solid concrete wall that stretches for three blocks. It was constructed in 1941 to physically divide two growing neighborhoods, one White and one Black. It is a rare surviving, tangible, human-scale example of the lengths to which the government, the real estate profession, private developers, and White residents were willing to go to keep neighborhood populations the same race. Explore the Birwood Wall National Register nomination.