Oberlin Village

The Graves-Fields House, built in 1885 by Willis M and Elenore Hinton Graves, both formerly enslaved, sits on Oberlin Road.  It has been moved from it's original location and restored by Preservation NC. 

  Oberlin Village began before the end of the civil war as a freedman's village.  It was named after Oberlin College, the alma mater of the founder of the village, James H. Harris.  The village has been annexed and surrounded by Raleigh, but the community is still working to keep the heritage alive.  (see here)