Seneca Village was a small village on the island of Manhattan, New York, founded by free blacks. Seneca Village existed from 1825 through 1857, when it was torn down for the construction of Central Park.
The village was the first significant community of African American property owners on Manhattan, and also came to be inhabited by several other minorities, including English, Irish and German immigrants. The village was located on about 5 acres (20,000 m2) between where 82nd and 89th Streets and 7th and 8th Avenues would now intersect, an area now covered by Central Park.
Read more about Seneca Village: Name Origin, Mixing Pot, Institutional Buildings, 1855 Census, Central Park Destruction, Existing Evidence, Sign Erected, 2011 Excavation
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