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Preservation Advocacy

Preserving Watts' History

Preservation of historic assets in Watts has been a founding priority for FAM. Our accomplishments include successfully working to get the Mafundi Building designated a local Historic-Cultural Monument and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. FAM was also helpful in securing the designation for the Watts Fire Station No. 65. 

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Currently FAM is working with the city and the Watts community to lead efforts to restore the Mafundi Building with funds from the National Trust's Conserving Black Modernism grant.

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For more information about historic preservation efforts in Watts, visit https://www.wattshappeningculturalcenter.org/

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Cultural Sites in Watts 

Photo Source: Pinterest

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Map Source: Lindsay Mulcahy

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