Green combed through U.S. Census records and cobbled together historic documents linking the community to widely unknown facts that he found significant.
He sought the help of some 75 academics, archeologists and researchers from 11 institutions who worked separately and in silence for four years.
What they’ve unearthed through oral history, documents, and preliminary archeological findings were missed, or perhaps deemed insignificant, when The Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and again in 2005. But for Green, a 30-year-old professor who specializes in architecture and historic preservation, the findings are those of “disbelief.”
