CTA Interns Visit the Historic Weeksville Heritage Center

On July 9th, 2025, CTA’s five high school and college interns had the opportunity to step outside the office and into one of Brooklyn’s most meaningful preservation sites: the Weeksville Heritage Center. The tour offered a behind-the-scenes look at the ongoing restoration of the historic Hunterfly Road Houses—an important project CTA is currently leading to preserve this rare 19th-century free Black community.

While we didn’t enter all five houses during the visit, the group gathered outdoors to discuss the broader goals of the project and the challenges of restoring historic architecture in an active cultural setting. This project’s objective is to preserve, protect, and restore the historic Hunterfly Road houses (built in 1800's) and landscapes so that they can continue to be used as house museums for the Weeksville Heritage Center and support the institution’s educational and cultural program.

The project is currently about 34% through the Construction Administration phase. In addition to restoring the buildings and landscape, CTA is managing upgrades to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems—and designing a new climate-controlled archive room in the cellar of 1706 Bergen Street.

For our interns, the visit was a unique opportunity to see firsthand how preservation work can shape our understanding of history and community. We're proud to be part of this transformative effort and to share it with the next generation of designers and architects.