Vallie Lewis and Archie Henderson House
Vallie Lewis Henderson was a life-long Oakwood resident and champion. She was a major force in fighting 1970s plans for a highway that would have paved over a broad swath of the neighborhood. In addition to her work fighting the roadway plan, as a founder and active member of the Society for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood, Henderson was active in garden clubs and beautification efforts in her home neighborhood for decades. She and her husband Archie lived in this house for most of the twentieth century, and created and tended the gardens here. The house and its landscape are locally significant for their association with Henderson and her activism for Oakwood’s preservation and work in beautification through gardening. Private Residence
Dates: ca. 1900, ca. 1920, ca. 1953
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