Fayetteville, N.C. — Fayetteville City Council members shared an replace Monday night on plans for the historic Market House.

In the assembly metropolis leaders determined to collect extra public enter earlier than deciding way forward for the constructing.

The vote got here after the Department of Justice up to date council members on their listening classes with about 80 individuals who largely determined they wish to see the Market House used as an emblem of training with artwork that displays African American tradition and historical past.

The Department of Justice mentioned it’s prepared to assist facilitate extra discussions earlier than formal suggestions are made.

Last April, after months of debating, the Fayetteville City Council voted to repurpose the historic Market House, a 200-year-old house in the midst of town the place enslaved folks had been as soon as purchased and bought.

While no specifics got as to which route metropolis officers will take the challenge, a number of choices had been offered. These embody altering the construction altogether, creating an artwork show, making a Black historical past show, producing a market for Black distributors, and repurposing as an occasion area.

Some council members beforehand mentioned they needed to show the Market House right into a Black historical past museum, however the constructing does not meet necessities listed within the Americans with Disabilities Act. It has no elevator and just one toilet, which is situated on the second flooring.