Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, 1940s

Click a colored rectangle to view racial restrictions, typically against residents “other than the Caucasian race,” that some housing developers wrote into property deeds in the Hartford region. In 1921, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the right of private property owners to insert these restrictions, but later ruled in the 1948 Shelley v Kraemer case that they were no longer enforceable by governmental authority. Yet restrictive language still exists in the legal property records today. To date, we have found racial covenants for a handful of housing developments in West Hartford. Have you seen or heard about other restrictions, in other towns?

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Sources	How to Cite
Land Records, Town of West Hartford, CT Bel-Crest, Inc. development, vol. 158, p. 7-8, October 30, 1940, and map #250 Dryad’s Grove development, vol. 164, pp. 342-3, July 29, 1941, and map #271 High Ledge Homes development, vol. 152, pp. 224-5, June 10, 1940, and map #218 Hillside Homes development, vol. 164, pp. 168-9, May 26, 1941, and map #270 Unnamed Asylum Avenue development, vol. 154, p. 116, June 17, 1940; vol. 150, p. 456, May 20, 1940	APA 6th Edition University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. (2011).Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, circa 1940. Retrieved from http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/otl/doclinkl_covenant.html. Chicago 16th edition [author-date] University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. 2011. "Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, circa 1940." Accessed June 8. http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/otl/doclinkl_covenant.html. MLA 7th edition "Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, circa 1940." University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC . Web. 08 Jun. 2011. <http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/otl/doclinkl_covenant.html>.

Sources

How to Cite

Land Records, Town of West Hartford, CT
    Bel-Crest, Inc. development, vol. 158, p. 7-8, October 30, 1940, and map #250
    Dryad’s Grove development, vol. 164, pp. 342-3, July 29, 1941, and map #271
    High Ledge Homes development, vol. 152, pp. 224-5, June 10, 1940, and map #218
    Hillside Homes development, vol. 164, pp. 168-9, May 26, 1941, and map #270
    Unnamed Asylum Avenue development, vol. 154, p. 116, June 17, 1940; vol. 150, p. 456, May 20, 1940

APA 6th Edition

University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. (2011).Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, circa 1940. Retrieved from http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/otl/doclinkl_covenant.html.

Chicago 16th edition [author-date]

University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. 2011. "Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, circa 1940." Accessed June 8. http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/otl/doclinkl_covenant.html.

MLA 7th edition

"Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, circa 1940." University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC . Web. 08 Jun. 2011. <http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/otl/doclinkl_covenant.html>.

Credits
Benjamin Spaulding (GISDoctor.com) Katie Campbell and Jack Dougherty (Trinity College) Thomas Bachant, George Bentley, Curtis Denton, and Michael Howser (University of Connecticut Libraries MAGIC) Funding for this project was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the NEH.

Credits

Benjamin Spaulding (GISDoctor.com)

Katie Campbell and Jack Dougherty (Trinity College)

Thomas Bachant, George Bentley, Curtis Denton, and Michael Howser (University of Connecticut Libraries MAGIC)

Funding for this project was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the NEH.

University Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center

Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds, Hartford area, 1940s

Benjamin Spaulding (GISDoctor.com)

Katie Campbell and Jack Dougherty (Trinity College)

Thomas Bachant, George Bentley, Curtis Denton, and Michael Howser (University of Connecticut Libraries MAGIC)