Located in Overtown, a neighborhood in downtown Miami, Florida that was referred to as "Colored Town" in the Jim Crow era, is a house that was once owned by the city's first black millionaire.

The D.A. Dorsey House, though still standing, is decaying. In January 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Now a local group has promising plans to restore the nearly century-old home NBC Miami reports. 

"I see this as a personal mission to see this rebuilt," said chairperson of Black Archives and the Historic Lyric Theatre Board, Patricia Jennings-Braynon. "Because of the Black Archives, the lyric theater has put Overtown back on the map."

The D.A. Dorsey House holds a rich history as it was built by Dana Albert "D.A." Dorsey, a banker, and philanthropist.

Who'd ever thought that the son of former slaves would be Florida's first black millionaire?

Timothy A. Barber, executive director of the Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida, said, "This is during a time that blacks weren't even allowed to share the same facilities- not just water fountains not just restaurants, hotels, but blacks were not even allowed to go to beaches."

Barber's foundation is the group that wishes to see the restoration of the property through.

Dorsey relocated to South Florida from Georgia in 1862, became a carpenter for the Henry Flager Florida East Coast Railroad, and purchased a parcel of land (where the Dorsey house now stands) as a place for black workers to take refuge.

The entrepreneur and his wife went on to sell land to the City of Miami for a recreational park for African-Americans in 1917, sold the barrier island (now known as Fisher Island) to Carl G. Fisher just two years later, and even opened the city's first black-owned hotel and the Negro Saving Bank.

The Dorsey house, with a damaged roof and decaying walls, will take some time to restore back to its former glory.

Barber said to not be deceived by the house's decline because, in the 1900s, it was considered a mansion.

The City of Miami has contributed $150,000 to the Black Archives for the renovation of the D.A. Dorsey house.

The Black Archives has created a GoFundMe campaign for those who wish to donate to the cause.