Historic Preservation

The Historical Connection - Fall 2009

Making History

Historic Berkley Square Neighborhood Listed In The National Register Of Historic Places
 
The historic Berkley Square Neighborhood, located in West Las Vegas, has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register, a National Park Service Program, is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worthy of recognition and preservation. The Berkley Square Neighborhood Historic District is located about one and one-half miles from downtown Las Vegas near Owens Avenue and D Street. The district includes 148 homes constructed in 1954-55 in the Contemporary Ranch style. Berkley Square is the first subdivision to be designed and built in Nevada by and for prominent African-Americans from Las Vegas and California. The neighborhood contributed to improving living conditions for the Las Vegas' African-American community, and represented the advances that were being made as a result of local activism in the community in the late 1940s and early 1950s. For more information, please read the National Register nomination report for the Berkley Square Neighborhood Historic District.

To read the article "Rediscovering a Las Vegas Neighborhood’s African American Roots," about the Berkley Square neighborhood, published in the National Park Service's Journal of Heritage Stewardship, visit http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/Print.cfm?articleIDN=2599.

The city of Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission oversees preservation activities in the city for buildings, structures and places of historical and architectural significance.  It reviews historic designation applications to National Register of Historic Places and city of Las Vegas Historic Property Register. The commission meets every 4th Wednesday of the month at noon.  2010 Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Schedule & Agendas