Henry Bolden, Jr., an African-American U.S. Army veteran who drove supply trucks in Belgium and France during World War II, purchased this home in Hanford Village in 1946 with help from the GI Bill.
Marker Text: Hanford Village was founded in the early 1900s just east of Columbus proper with its own mayor, police force, fire department, businesses, and park. After World War II, a subdivision of Hanford became a segregated community for returning…
When Interstate 70 came through Columbus in the 1960s, many homes in Hanford Village were eliminated. The remaining homes, wiith the exception of the few on Kent Street shown above, were cut off from the Hanford Village Park.
View of back porch of brick house on south east corner of Highland Ave and Palmetto St. show how the coping was settled and loose and sag in the porch…