Preserving West Lewisville's Oneida Court
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 • • General
Dating back to 1925, the Oneida Bungalow Court is the largest single-site collection of historic residential units from West Lewisville's (North Riverside's) early days. Now a small local developer intends to preserve and rehabilitation the missing middle housing site as a form of addressing the city's affordable housing crisis. Here is a look at Oneida Court.
About Oneida Court
The N.G. Wade Investment Company was founded by Neill Gillespie Wade. Wade was involved in the North and South Carolina timber business before relocating to Jacksonville around 1900.
In 1925, Wade’s company developed the 28-unit Oneida bungalow court in West Lewisville (also known as Mixontown or North Riverside). It is said that the units were built to house Wade’s workers.
After years of neighborhood demolitions and neglect, Oneida is the largest single-site collection of historic residential units from West Lewisville’s early days.
Located in an area now known as Mixon Town, West Lewisville is a 20-block neighborhood bounded by Interstate 10, Interstate 95, Forest Street and Osceola Street, just north of Riverside and west of Brooklyn. Straddling the former Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway, West Lewisville originated during the late 19th century as a westward expansion of nearby African-American communities such as LaVilla, Campbell Hill and Brooklyn.
The bungalow court, at 441 Wade Drive, was acquired by Brooklyn Bungalow Court LLC. in 2023. Brooklyn Bungalow Court LLC. intends to rehabilitate this missing middle housing development and restore two historic commercial buildings on-site into restaurant and office space.
2097 Edison Street
Located at the intersection of Edison Street and Goodwin Street, 2097 Edison Street was a service station originally built in 1924. As a part of the property’s rehabilitation, the developer plans to convert the building into a small commercial space like a cafe or neighborhood store.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026 • • General
WASHINGTON (7News) — Three historic Black cemeteries in Washington, D.C., are getting a financial boost as the city moves to preserve sacred ground and the stories tied to it.
The District announced two grants totaling $250,000 for the care and preservation of cemeteries in Georgetown and Benning Ridge. Two nonprofits, the Woodlawn Cemetery Perpetual Care Association and the Black Georgetown Foundation, will each receive $125,000 to support research, maintenance, and community education efforts during the next fiscal year.
City leaders say the investment is part of a broader push to recognize and protect Black history in the nation's capital, especially places that were historically underfunded.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025 • • General
The burying ground looks like an abandoned lot. Holding the remains of upward of 22,000 enslaved and free people of color, the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground in Richmond, Virginia, established in 1816, sits amid highways and surface roads. Above the expanse of unmarked graves loom a deserted auto shop, a power substation, a massive billboard. The bare ground of the cemetery is strewn with weeds.
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Friday, September 26, 2025 • • General
It is our pleasure to announce that the Unity Cemetery Fund is accepting applications for funding in 2026. The attached PDF includes detailed information about the grant process. Applications will be due February 28th, 2026. The award will be announced in May 2026.
In 2024 the Unity Cemetery Fund was pleased to be able to award funding to Geer Cemetery in North Carolina for needed repairs and infrastructure work, and in 2025 we provided funding to the Descendants of Olivewood in Texas for needed repairs within their cemetery.
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