In 2008, Brent Leggs, of the National Trust for Historic Preservation wrote:
…The historic Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses in Bridgeport, Connecticut… are rare and irreplaceable
evidence of African American life prior to Emancipation, and should be considered a site of national
significance worthy of careful stewardship and protection. Listed on the State and National Register of
Historic Places, the circa 1848 Freeman Houses should be considered some of Bridgeport’s most significant
architectural resources…
…Although these houses may be seen as simplistic architectural forms—wood frame
structures, they are the last extant examples remaining from a community, Little
Liberia, circa 1822, and are the oldest houses built by African Americans in the State
of Connecticut. These buildings must be considered irreplaceable.
– Brent Leggs
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2008
