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Consultant outlines history and National Register nomination for Auburn Hills neighborhood

2483249 · February 26, 2025
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A consultant presented a multi-year effort to document Auburn Hills — a 1960s neighborhood developed by four Black professionals — and said the team is preparing a National Register nomination, oral histories and a historical marker.

Jen Metz of Past Perfect presented the history and ongoing survey work for the Auburn Hills neighborhood, describing a multiyear effort to compile documentary research, oral histories and a National Register nomination.

Metz said the neighborhood — originally called Fuller Suite and developed beginning in 1962 — was organized by four Black professionals: J.E. Adams, Dr. Julius Franks, Joseph Lee and Samuel Triplett. She said residents and descendants are participating in the research and that the team is preparing a draft…

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