Ellis Alley (Ellis Alley Enclave/Black East Side)

Bexar County, TX

Status: Located

Year Established: 1885

Council of Governments: AACOG

Public History: The Ellis Alley Enclave, a group of three modest houses in San Antonio’s Near East Side, is the last remnant of the city’s original urban Freedom colony and the hub of the African American community through the first decades of the 20th century.
Ellis Alley Enclave is located in San Antonio’s East Side. The modest, wood frame houses are the last remnants of a once-bustling, historic African American community, known as the “Black East Side.”

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Church: St. Paul Church