RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two historic African-American homes in Raleigh are being relocated.

• Preservation North Carolina is working to renovate the Rev. Plummer T. Hall house and the Graves-Fields house.
• The group hopes the preservation of the two houses will help tell the story of the African-Americans who once lived in the area.
• These houses are two of only five remaining landmarks near Oberlin Road, now lost amid new development.

The non-profit, Preservation North Carolina, is working to renovate the Rev. Plummer T. Hall house and the Graves-Fields house. The two historic homes will sit side by side on Oberlin Road.

The group hopes the preservation of the two houses will help tell the story of the African-Americans who once lived in the area, in a community called Oberlin Village. By 1880, more than 1,000 residents lived there, and for decades, it was thriving with churches, schools, businesses, and homes.

These houses are two of only five remaining landmarks near Oberlin Road, now lost amid new development.

"I can assure you that if we weren't saving these two houses, they'd be lost," said Myrick Howard, President of Preservation North Carolina. "These really are the best and the last of what we have left from Oberlin."