In the historically African American community of Hall's Hill, this wall reflects racial segregation. During construction of the Woodlawn Village subdivision in the 1930s, a wall of various materials and heights was built to separate blacks from the adjacent white neighborhood. At that time, the only through-street in Hall's Hill was N. Edison St. During the late 1950s, children from Hall's Hill removed a small section of the wall to create a passage to a nearby creek. In 1966, Arlington County removed a larger section of the wall, allowing full access to and from Hall's Hill. Sections of the wall still stand today.
