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City unveils historic marker for Edmonton Heights

Residents of North Huntsville’s historic Edmonton Heights neighborhood gathered together with historians and city officials to unveil a new historic marker at the corner of Meridian Street and Wilkenson Drive.  The U.S. National Register of Historic Places listed the neighborhood in 2021, the first historically-Black neighborhood in Huntsville to be so distinguished.  The neighborhood, first […]

National Park Service Adds Edmonton Heights to National Register of Historic Places

A neighborhood that is a vital component in the history of African Americans in Huntsville has now become a component in U.S. history. On June 21, the National Park Service officially designated Edmonton Heights as a historic district listed to the National Register of Historic Places.  Edmonton Heights is the ninth historic district in the […]