African American Historic Places
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The stories of the contributions, hardships, and aspirations of all American people can be seen in the experiences of African Americans. The places listed below represent the achievements and struggles of African Americans. Visitors to these sites can gain a better understanding of the events and the people of that time. These places connected across time to create an understanding of what happened and why. As historian David McCullough explains in Brave Companions, experiencing places "helps in making contact with those who were there before in other days. It's a way to find them as fellow human beings, as necessary as the digging you do in libraries."
Outline of African-American History
This outline has been adapted from other related Wikipedia articles and The Negro Pilgrimage in America by C. Eric Lincoln and Before the Mayflower; A History of the Negro in America; 1619-1964 by Lerone Bennett, Jr.Origins
The Negro Pilgrimage in America or the African Past
The story of the African Americans begins in Africa. Early histories of Africa considered it the ‘Dark Continent’, both in the sense of the color of its people, but also for its lack of known civilizations. Studies beginning in the 1960s have found a rich history of civilization, including arts, architecture, public thought and major civilizations. The story of African Americans builds from these roots and can be traced through historic sites associated with the slave trade in America:
- Charlotte Amalie Historic DistrictCharlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands-Education:St. Thomas-St. John School District serves the community. and Charlotte Amalie High School serve the area.-Gallery:-See also:* Anna's Retreat* Cruz Bay* Saint Thomas* Water Island-External links:* *...
– Virgin Islands - FairvueIsaac Franklin PlantationIsaac Franklin Plantation, also known as Fairvue, is an antebellum plantation house in Gallatin, Tennessee.Fairvue Plantation was built in 1832 by Isaac Franklin . Franklin retired to be a planter after a successful career as a partner in the largest slave-trading firm in the South prior to the...
- Kentucky - The GrangeThe Grange (Paris, Kentucky)The Grange, located four miles north of Paris, Kentucky, was built in 1800. It is a Federal architecture building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973....
- Kingsley PlantationKingsley PlantationKingsley Plantation is the site of a former estate in Jacksonville, Florida, that was named for an early owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, who spent 25 years there. It is located at the northern tip of Fort George Island at Fort George Inlet, and is part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve...
- Old Slave Mart – South Carolina
American Revolution
While the term ‘American Revolution’ connotes only the war period (1776–1783), the entire colonial experience is included. Free Negros were present during early campaigns of the war and throughout the war. In March of 1770, Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks was a dockworker of Wampanoag and African descent. He was the first person shot to death by British redcoats during the Boston Massacre, in Boston, Massachusetts...
died during the protest that has become known as the Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, called the Boston Riot by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support...
. At the Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...
, Peter Salem and Salem Poor, two free Negros valiantly served. Salem Poor was commended for his actions that day.
- Burns United Methodist ChurchBurns United Methodist ChurchBurns United Methodist Church is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.-History:...
- Christiansted National Historic SiteChristiansted National Historic SiteChristiansted National Historic Site commemorates urban colonial development of the Virgin Islands. It features 18th and 19th century structures in the heart of Christiansted, the capital of the former Danish West Indies on St...
- Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza – Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
- HawikuhHawikuh RuinsHawikuh Ruins, or Hawikuh is a National Historic Landmark located 12 miles southwest of Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, on the Zuni Indian Reservation...
Slavery
For over 200 years, the American system of slavery held four million people of color in bondage. The affect was felt by all the people of the nation, including black, white, yellow, and red. It was premised on a system of racial supremacy that affected the development of the American Negro and the relationships of all American’s with persons of other races.
The first blacks in the new world did not arrive on the slave ship to Jamestown
Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia. Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 14, 1607 , it was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke...
in 1619. Rather, it was Pedro Alonzo Niño, navigator on the Niña the smallest of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
’s vessels. From that day, Negro’s participated in nearly every major Spanish exploration in the new world. Neflo de Olaña and thirty other Negros were with Balbo
Balbo
Balbo was a common term in the late 1930s and early 1940s to describe any large formation of aircraft. It was named after the Italian fascist flying ace Italo Balbo who led a series of large aircraft formations in record-breaking flights to promote Italian aviation in the 1930s.During the Battle...
when they discovered the Pacific Ocean.
- Antioch Missionary Baptist ChurchAntioch Missionary Baptist ChurchAntioch Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church at 313 Robin Street in Downtown Houston, Texas.It was built in 1875 and added to the National Register in 1976.Jack Yates once served as the pastor of this church.-References:...
– Richard Allen (organized the AME church) - Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable HomesiteJean Baptiste Point Du Sable HomesiteThe Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is the location where, in the 1780s, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable located his home and trading post. This home is generally considered to be the first permanent, non Native, residence in Chicago, Illinois. The site of Point du Sable's home is now partially...
– Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (1st settler of ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
) - Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza – Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
- HawikuhHawikuh RuinsHawikuh Ruins, or Hawikuh is a National Historic Landmark located 12 miles southwest of Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, on the Zuni Indian Reservation...
– Estevanico - Prince Hall Masonic Temple – Prince HallPrince HallPrince Hall , was a tireless abolitionist and a leader of the free black community in Boston. Hall tried to gain New England’s enslaved and free blacks a place in some of the most crucial spheres of society, Freemasonry, education and the military...
(organized 1st Negro Masonic Lodge)
Slave Revolts and Insurrections
In the summer of 1791, Haiti
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a period of conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic...
witnessed the first successful slave revolt. This was not the first; it was one in a long series of revolts. Between 1663 and 1864, there were 109 revolts on land and another 55 at sea. Notable early insurrections include the 1712 uprising in New York City and the 1800 attack on Richmond, Virginia. That same year, Denmark Vesey, a free black, planned to seize Charleston, South Carolina, but was foiled when betrayed.
- Belmont – VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
- John Brown FarmJohn Brown Farm and GravesiteThe John Brown Farm and Gravesite was the home and is the final resting place of abolitionist John Brown.It is located on John Brown Road in North Elba near Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to lead freed slaves in farming...
– John BrownJohn Brown (abolitionist)John Brown was an American revolutionary abolitionist, who in the 1850s advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery in the United States. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre during which five men were killed, in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas, and made his name in the...
’s birthplace. - New York - John Brown HouseJohn Brown Farm and GravesiteThe John Brown Farm and Gravesite was the home and is the final resting place of abolitionist John Brown.It is located on John Brown Road in North Elba near Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to lead freed slaves in farming...
- New York - John Brown HeadquartersKennedy FarmThe Kennedy Farm is an American landmark where John Brown planned and began his raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in 1859. Also known as John Brown's Headquarters and Kennedy Farmhouse, the log, stone and brick building has retained its historical integrity and is essentially the same as it was...
– Headquarters for the Harper’s Ferry RaidJohn Brown's raid on Harpers FerryJohn Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859... - Estate Carolina Sugar Plantation
- Stono River Slave RebellionStono River Slave Rebellion SiteStono River Slave Rebellion Site is a site significant for its association with the Stono Rebellion, the first slave revolt in the United States, in 1739...
– Site of the 1739 Stono RebellionStono RebellionThe Stono Rebellion was a slave rebellion that commenced on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina...
- South Carolina.
Abolition crisis.
With the Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana in 1803. The U.S...
in 1803, the United States gained a huge western dominion. With it, two aspects of American life came into stark comparison. The first was the expansion of slavery across the southern half of the nation, creating a vast agricultural empire based on a large rural workforce. The second was ‘Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent. It was used by Democrat-Republicans in the 1840s to justify the war with Mexico; the concept was denounced by Whigs, and fell into disuse after the mid-19th century.Advocates of...
’, the expansion of a free society westward across the continent. The economic realities in the south precluded the development of a strong abolitionist base, while the lack of slavery among the industrialized north, neither supported nor abhorred the abolitionist cause. By 1835, William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, he promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United...
had established ‘’The Liberator’’ as the nation’s most militant abolitionist newspaper. Over the next 30 years, the north and the south would try to find ways to coexist with two different economic systems and a growing abolitionist movement.
- Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchAllen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Terre Haute, Indiana)Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a church in Terre Haute, Indiana.The church is named for Richard Allen, who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia in 1787. The congregation in Terre Haute began meeting in 1837 in a small white church in town...
– Terra Haute, Indiana - Levi Coffin HouseLevi Coffin HouseThe Levi Coffin House is a National Historic Landmark located in present-day Fountain City, Indiana. The two-story, eight room, brick house was constructed in 1839 in the Federal style and served as a station on the Underground Railroad....
– Fountain City, IndianaFountain City, IndianaFountain City, formerly Newport, is a town in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. The population was 796 at the 2010 census. It was formerly known as Newport... - Frederick Douglass National Historic SiteFrederick Douglass National Historic SiteThe Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W St., SE in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, D.C.. Established in 1988 as a National Historic Site, the site preserves the home and estate of...
– Washington D.C. - Eleutherian CollegeEleutherian CollegeA U.S. National Historic Landmark, Eleutherian College, founded in 1848 as Eleutherian Institute, was the first college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or sex. It is now a public museum....
– Lancaster, IndianaLancaster, Jefferson County, IndianaLancaster is an unincorporated town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.Lancaster was platted on Oct. 5, 1815 by David Hillis and William McFarland. The plat established 128 lots, reserving some for the erection of a courthouse, market house, and a place of public worship. They... - Harpers Ferry National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes land in Jefferson County, West Virginia; Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia. The park is managed by the...
– West Virginia - Little Jerusalem AME ChurchLittle Jerusalem AME ChurchLittle Jerusalem AME Church is a historic church at 1200 Bridwater Road in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania.It was built in 1830 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.-References:...
– Cornwells Heights-Eddington, PennsylvaniaCornwells Heights-Eddington, PennsylvaniaCornwells Heights-Eddington is a census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,406 at the 2000 census.... - William C. Nell HouseWilliam C. Nell HouseThe William C. Nell House, now a private residence, was a boarding home located in 3 Smith Court in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in front of what it was the African Meeting House, now Museum of African American History....
– Boston, Massachusetts - Harriet Beecher Stowe HouseHarriet Beecher Stowe House (Brunswick, Maine)Harriet Beecher Stowe House is an historic home at 63 Federal Street in Brunswick, Maine.Originally known as the Stonemore House, it was rented by author Harriet Beecher Stowe and her husband while he taught at nearby Bowdoin College. It was here between 1850 and 1852 that the author wrote Uncle...
– Brunswick, MaineBrunswick, MaineBrunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 20,278 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Brunswick is home to Bowdoin College, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, , and the... - Liberty FarmLiberty FarmLiberty Farm is a National Historic Landmark at 116 Mower Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.The brick house was built in 1810 in a Federal style. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1974. Abolitionists and suffragists Abby Kelley Foster and Stephen Symonds Foster owned the house from...
– Worcester, MassachusettsWorcester, MassachusettsWorcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston.... - Mount Zion United Methodist Church-Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
- White Horse Farm-Phoenixville, PennsylvaniaPhoenixville, PennsylvaniaPhoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Philadelphia, at the junction of French Creek with the Schuylkill River. The population is 16,440 as of the 2010 Census.- History :...
Civil War and emancipation
The ‘’American Civil War’’ is often seen as a war between white men over the fate of the black man. From the beginning, the African-American peoples played a significant role in the war. As early as July 1861, three months after Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry coastal fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter.- Construction :...
, the United States Congress passed the first Confiscation Act, granting freedom to any slave who had been used to support the Confederate war efforts, once they were behind Union Lines. Quickly General Sherman employed this new manpower in the construction of Union facilities from which to prosecute the war. With the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War using his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves, and immediately freed 50,000 of them, with nearly...
on September 22, 1862, the First Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery
1st Louisiana Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent)
The 1st Louisiana Regiment Heavy Artillery was an artillery regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War that served in the New Orleans defenses...
and ‘’All Negro’’ unit was founded by General B.F. Butler. The War Department quickly authorized the enlistment of Negro soldier with the founding of the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
The 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was one of the first official black units in the United States during the Civil War...
and Fifty-Fifth Infantry Regiments. By the end of the war, there were over 150 ‘all-Negro’ regiments. On Sept 29, 1864, the Third Division of the Eighteenth Corp of the Army of the James , moved forward to take the New Market Heights
Battle of Chaffin's Farm
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought September 29–30, 1864, as part of the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.-Background:...
outside of Richmond, Virginia. The key role in this advance was given to the ‘all-Negro’ division. By the end of the day, the Union Army would stand on the heights overlooking the city of Richmond with a loss of 584 men and 10 Congressional Medal honorees now in their ranks. This action marked the beginning of the dissolution of the Confederate Government and the end of the war the following April.
- Boston African American National Historic SiteBoston African American National Historic SiteThe Boston African American National Historic Site, in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts's Beacon Hill neighborhood, interprets 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th century African-American community, including the Museum of Afro-American History's African Meeting...
– Boston, Massachusetts - Camilla-Zack Community Center District – Mayfield, Georgia
- Fort PillowFort Pillow State ParkFort Pillow State Park is a state park in western Tennessee that preserves the American Civil War site of the Battle of Fort Pillow. The 1,642 acre Fort Pillow, located in Lauderdale County on the Chickasaw Bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, is rich in both historic and archaeological...
– TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area... - Goodwill Plantation – Eastover, South CarolinaEastover, South CarolinaEastover is a town in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 830 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Eastover is located at ....
- John Mercer Langston HouseJohn Mercer Langston HouseThe John Mercer Langston House is a National Historic Landmark in Oberlin, Ohio. It was home to John Mercer Langston, abolitionist and US Congressman, who was one of the first African-Americans elected to public office in the United States.-External links:...
– Oberlin, OhioOberlin, OhioOberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland. Oberlin is perhaps best known for being the home of Oberlin College, a liberal arts college and music conservatory with approximately 3,000 students... - Lewis O’Neal Tavern – Versailles, KentuckyVersailles, KentuckyAs of the census of 2000, there were 7,511 people, 3,160 households, and 2,110 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,330 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 88.18% White, 8.67% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.35%...
- Oakview – Holly Springs, MississippiHolly Springs, MississippiHolly Springs is a city in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,957 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Marshall County. A short drive from Memphis, Tennessee, Holly Springs is the site of a number of well-preserved antebellum homes and other structures and...
- Olustee BattlefieldOlustee Battlefield Historic State ParkOlustee Battlefield Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in the Osceola National Forest, near the town of Olustee. The site of Florida's largest Civil War battle, the park is located west of Jacksonville and east of Lake City, on U.S. 90...
– Olustee, FloridaOlustee, FloridaOlustee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Florida, United States.-Geography:Olustee is located at .-External links:*... - Port Hudson – Port Hudson, LouisianaPort Hudson, LouisianaPort Hudson is a small unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located about northwest of Baton Rouge, it is most famous for an American Civil War battle known as the Siege of Port Hudson.-Geography:...
- Seaside Plantation-Beaufort, South CarolinaBeaufort, South CarolinaBeaufort is a city in and the county seat of Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston. The city's population was 12,361 in the 2010 census. It is located in the Hilton Head Island-Beaufort Micropolitan...
- Slate Hill CemeterySlate Hill CemeterySlate Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Yardley, Pennsylvania, with most of its graves dating to 18th century Quaker settlers. It is located at Yardley-Morrisville Road and Mahlon Drive....
-Morrisville, PennsylvaniaMorrisville, Bucks County, PennsylvaniaMorrisville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,728 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Morrisville is located at . It is situated on the Delaware River directly across from Trenton, New Jersey... - Sulphur Trestle Fort Site – Elkmont, AlabamaElkmont, AlabamaElkmont is a town in Limestone County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 470.-Geography:Elkmont is located at 1....
Reconstruction and ‘’’Black Power in Dixie’’’
- Alcorn State University Historic DistrictAlcorn State University Historic DistrictAlcorn State University Historic District is a historic district on the campus of Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi. It includes Oakland Memorial Chapel, a National Historic Landmark, and other structures....
– Lorman, MississippiLorman, MississippiLorman is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. It is home to Alcorn State University, which was attended by Medgar Evers and Steve McNair .... - Barber HouseBarber House (Hopkins, South Carolina)Barber House is a historic house located in Hopkins, South Carolina. It was built in 1880 and is significant for its architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986....
– Hopkins, South CarolinaHopkins, South CarolinaHopkins is an unincorporated community in Richland County, South Carolina, United States that was founded in circa 1836 named after John Hopkins... - Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church – Batesville, ArkansasBatesville, ArkansasBatesville is the county seat and largest city of Independence County, Arkansas, United States, 80 miles northeast of Little Rock, the state capital. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 9,556...
- Clarksville Historic District – Lancaster, IndianaLancaster, Jefferson County, IndianaLancaster is an unincorporated town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.Lancaster was platted on Oct. 5, 1815 by David Hillis and William McFarland. The plat established 128 lots, reserving some for the erection of a courthouse, market house, and a place of public worship. They...
- Daufuskie Island Historic District – South Carolina
- Fair-Rutherford and Rutherford Houses – Columbia, South CarolinaColumbia, South CarolinaColumbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
- Freeman Chapel C.M.E. ChurchFreeman Chapel C.M.E. ChurchFreeman Chapel C.M.E. Church is a historic church at 137 S. Virginia Street in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.It was built in 1923 and added to the National Register in 1983.-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky...
– Hopkinsville, KentuckyHopkinsville, KentuckyHopkinsville is a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 31,577 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Christian County.- History :... - Laurel Grove-South CemeteryLaurel Grove CemeteryLaurel Grove Cemetery is a cemetery located in midtown Savannah, Georgia. It includes the original cemetery for whites and a companion burial ground that was reserved for slaves and free people of color. The original cemetery has countless graves of many of Savannah's Confederate veterans of the...
– Savannah, GeorgiaSavannah, GeorgiaSavannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important... - Lincoln University Hilltop Campus Historic District – Jefferson City, MissouriJefferson City, MissouriJefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. Located in Callaway and Cole counties, it is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area, which encompasses the entirety of both counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079...
- Ploeger-Kerr-White House-Bastrop, TexasBastrop, Texas-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there are 5340 people in Bastrop, organized into 2034 households and 1336 families. The population density is 734.8 people per square mile . There are 2,239 housing units at an average density of 308.1 per square mile...
- Springfield Baptist Church-Greensboro, GeorgiaGreensboro, GeorgiaGreensboro is a town in Greene County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 3,238 at the time of the 2000 U.S. census. This town is the county seat of Greene County.-Geography:Greensboro is located at .According to the U.S...
- Stone Hall, Atlanta University – Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
- Charles Sumner High SchoolSumner High School (St. Louis)Sumner High School, also known as Charles E. Sumner High School, is a St. Louis public high school that was the first high school for African-American students west of the Mississippi River. Together with Vashon High School, Sumner was one of the two segregated public high schools in St. Louis for...
– St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... - Lyman Trumbull HouseLyman Trumbull HouseLyman Trumbull House is a house significant for its association with former U.S. Senator from Illinois Lyman Trumbull.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975....
– Alton, IllinoisAlton, IllinoisAlton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in Southern Illinois... - Working Benevolent Temple and Professional BuildingNational Register of Historic Places listings in Greenville, South CarolinaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenville, South Carolina.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina, United States...
– Greenville, South CarolinaGreenville, South Carolina-Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...
Segregation and the ‘’’rise of Jim Crow’’’
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- Wililam R. Allen School – Lorman, MississippiLorman, MississippiLorman is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. It is home to Alcorn State University, which was attended by Medgar Evers and Steve McNair ....
- Black Theater of ArdmoreBlack Theater of ArdmoreThe Black Theater of Ardmore is a historic theater building in Ardmore, Oklahoma. It was built in 1922 during a time of racial segregation, when Ardmore's community of more than 2,000 African American residents had its own business district and its own residential area. The theater provided...
– Ardmore, OklahomaArdmore, OklahomaArdmore is a business, cultural and tourism city in and the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 24,283, while a 2007 estimate has the Ardmore micropolitan statistical area totaling 56,694 residents... - Davis Avenue BranchNational African American Archives and MuseumThe National African American Archives and Museum, formerly the Davis Avenue Branch of the Mobile Public Library, is an archive and history museum located in Mobile, Alabama...
, Mobile Public LibraryMobile Public LibraryThe Mobile Public Library is public library system primarily serving Mobile County, Alabama. The system is a department of the city of Mobile and receives funding from Mobile County and the city of Saraland.-History:...
– Mobile, AlabamaMobile, AlabamaMobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest... - Fairbanks Flats – Lancaster, IndianaLancaster, Jefferson County, IndianaLancaster is an unincorporated town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.Lancaster was platted on Oct. 5, 1815 by David Hillis and William McFarland. The plat established 128 lots, reserving some for the erection of a courthouse, market house, and a place of public worship. They...
- Fourth Avenue Historic District – Birmingham, Alabama
- Indiana Avenue Historic District – Indianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
- Main Building, Arkansas Baptist CollegeArkansas Baptist CollegeArkansas Baptist College is a private, historically black liberal arts college located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 1884 as the Minister's Institute, ABC was initially funded by the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas. It is the only Baptist HBCU west of the Mississippi...
– Hopkinsville, Arkansas - Smithfield Historic District – Savannah, GeorgiaSavannah, GeorgiaSavannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
- Sweet Auburn Historic District – Jefferson City, MissouriJefferson City, MissouriJefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. Located in Callaway and Cole counties, it is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area, which encompasses the entirety of both counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079...
- Ward Chapel AME Church-Bastrop, TexasBastrop, Texas-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there are 5340 people in Bastrop, organized into 2034 households and 1336 families. The population density is 734.8 people per square mile . There are 2,239 housing units at an average density of 308.1 per square mile...
Northern Migration
- Chicago Bee BuildingChicago Bee BuildingThe Chicago Bee was founded by the African American entrepreneur Anthony Overton in 1926 in what was one of Chicago's African American newspaper buildings. This building was Overton's affirmation of his confidence in the viability of the State Street Commercial district...
– Chicago, Illinois - Robert S. Abbott HouseRobert S. Abbott HouseThe Robert S. Abbott House is the former home of Robert S. Abbott, founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper. Located at 4742 South Martin Luther King, Jr...
– Chicago, Illinois - Bethany Baptist Church – Chislehurst, New Jersey
- Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion ChurchDurham Memorial A.M.E. Zion ChurchDurham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, formerly known as St. Luke's A.M.E. Zion Church until the late 1950s, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a brick church constructed in 1920. It is the oldest surviving church associated with...
– Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo, New YorkBuffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the... - Langston Terrace DwellingsLangston Terrace DwellingsLangston Terrace Dwellings are historic structures located in the Kingman Park neighborhood in the Northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. The apartments were built between 1935 and 1938 and they were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987....
– Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... - Liberty Baptist Church – Evansville, IndianaEvansville, IndianaEvansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...
- Wabash Avenue YMCAWabash Avenue YMCAThe Wabash Avenue YMCA is a Chicago Landmark located within the Chicago Landmark Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. This YMCA facility served as an important social center within the Black Metropolis area, and it also provided housing...
– Chicago, Illinois
Expanding Opportunities
- Alcorn State University Historic DistrictAlcorn State University Historic DistrictAlcorn State University Historic District is a historic district on the campus of Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi. It includes Oakland Memorial Chapel, a National Historic Landmark, and other structures....
– Lorman, MississippiLorman, MississippiLorman is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. It is home to Alcorn State University, which was attended by Medgar Evers and Steve McNair .... - Barber HouseBarber House (Hopkins, South Carolina)Barber House is a historic house located in Hopkins, South Carolina. It was built in 1880 and is significant for its architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986....
– Hopkins, South CarolinaHopkins, South CarolinaHopkins is an unincorporated community in Richland County, South Carolina, United States that was founded in circa 1836 named after John Hopkins... - Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church – Batesville, ArkansasBatesville, ArkansasBatesville is the county seat and largest city of Independence County, Arkansas, United States, 80 miles northeast of Little Rock, the state capital. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 9,556...
- Clarksville Historic District – Lancaster, IndianaLancaster, Jefferson County, IndianaLancaster is an unincorporated town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.Lancaster was platted on Oct. 5, 1815 by David Hillis and William McFarland. The plat established 128 lots, reserving some for the erection of a courthouse, market house, and a place of public worship. They...
- Daufuskie Island Historic District – South Carolina
- Fair-Rutherford and Rutherford Houses – Columbia, South CarolinaColumbia, South CarolinaColumbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
- Freeman Chapel C.M.E. ChurchFreeman Chapel C.M.E. ChurchFreeman Chapel C.M.E. Church is a historic church at 137 S. Virginia Street in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.It was built in 1923 and added to the National Register in 1983.-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky...
– Hopkinsville, KentuckyHopkinsville, KentuckyHopkinsville is a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 31,577 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Christian County.- History :... - Laurel Grove-South CemeteryLaurel Grove CemeteryLaurel Grove Cemetery is a cemetery located in midtown Savannah, Georgia. It includes the original cemetery for whites and a companion burial ground that was reserved for slaves and free people of color. The original cemetery has countless graves of many of Savannah's Confederate veterans of the...
– Savannah, GeorgiaSavannah, GeorgiaSavannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important... - Lincoln University Hilltop Campus Historic District – Jefferson City, MissouriJefferson City, MissouriJefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. Located in Callaway and Cole counties, it is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area, which encompasses the entirety of both counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079...
- Ploeger-Kerr-White House,-Bastrop, TexasBastrop, Texas-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there are 5340 people in Bastrop, organized into 2034 households and 1336 families. The population density is 734.8 people per square mile . There are 2,239 housing units at an average density of 308.1 per square mile...
- Springfield Baptist Church-Greensboro, GeorgiaGreensboro, GeorgiaGreensboro is a town in Greene County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 3,238 at the time of the 2000 U.S. census. This town is the county seat of Greene County.-Geography:Greensboro is located at .According to the U.S...
- Stone Hall, Atlanta University – Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
- Charles Sumner High SchoolSumner High School (St. Louis)Sumner High School, also known as Charles E. Sumner High School, is a St. Louis public high school that was the first high school for African-American students west of the Mississippi River. Together with Vashon High School, Sumner was one of the two segregated public high schools in St. Louis for...
– St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... - Lyman Trumbull HouseLyman Trumbull HouseLyman Trumbull House is a house significant for its association with former U.S. Senator from Illinois Lyman Trumbull.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975....
– Alton, IllinoisAlton, IllinoisAlton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in Southern Illinois... - Working Benevolent Temple and Professional BuildingNational Register of Historic Places listings in Greenville, South CarolinaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenville, South Carolina.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina, United States...
– Greenville, South CarolinaGreenville, South Carolina-Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...
Civil Rights Movement
- Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina Historic District – Greensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
- Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church – Selma, AlabamaSelma, AlabamaSelma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama, United States, located on the banks of the Alabama River. The population was 20,512 at the 2000 census....
- City of St. Jude Historic District – Montgomery, AlabamaMontgomery, AlabamaMontgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...
- Dexter Avenue Baptist ChurchDexter Avenue Baptist ChurchDexter Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. The church was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1974. In 1978 the official name was changed to the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who helped to organize the...
– Montgomery, AlabamaMontgomery, AlabamaMontgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city... - First African Baptist Church – Tuscaloosa, AlabamaTuscaloosa, AlabamaTuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama . Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 90,468 in 2010...
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Historic District – Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
- Lincolnville Historic DistrictLincolnville Historic DistrictThe Lincolnville Historic District covering the southwest peninsula of the "nation's oldest city," is a U.S. Historic District located in St. Augustine, Florida. The district is bounded by Cedar, Riberia, Cerro and Washington Streets and DeSoto Place...
– St. Augustine, FloridaSt. Augustine, FloridaSt. Augustine is a city in the northeast section of Florida and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorer and admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, it is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city and port in the continental United... - Little Rock High School – Little Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
- Malcolm X House SiteMalcolm X House SiteThe Malcolm X House Site located at 3448 Pinkney Street in North Omaha, Nebraska, marks the place where Malcolm X first lived with his family. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and is also on the Nebraska list of heritage sites.-History:Malcolm Little was born...
– Omaha, NebraskaOmaha, NebraskaOmaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... - Howard Thurman HouseHoward Thurman HouseThe Howard Thurman House is the historic home of Howard Thurman in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It is located at 614 Whitehall Street. On February 23, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places....
-Daytona Beach, FloridaDaytona Beach, FloridaDaytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,211. Daytona Beach is a principal city of the Deltona – Daytona Beach – Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the census bureau estimated had...
Alabama
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- Alabama Penny Savings Bank, Birmingham
- Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Selma
- Butler Chapel AME Zion Church, Greenville
- Calhoun School Principal’s HouseCalhoun Colored SchoolThe Calhoun Colored School was a private boarding and day school in Calhoun, Lowndes County, Alabama, about southwest of Montgomery. Founded in 1892 by Miss Charlotte Thorn and Miss Mabel Dillingham in partnership with Booker T. Washington, the Calhoun Colored School was first designed to educate...
, Calhoun - City of St. Jude Historic DistrictSt. Jude Educational InstituteSt. Jude Educational Institute is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Montgomery, Alabama. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile, and was built as "the City of St. Jude" by Father Harold Purcell for the advancement of the Negro people....
, Montgomery - Dave Patton HouseDave Patton HouseThe Dave Patton House is a historic house in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The two-story structure was built for Dave Patton, a local African American entrepreneur...
, Mobile - Dexter Avenue Baptist ChurchDexter Avenue Baptist ChurchDexter Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. The church was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1974. In 1978 the official name was changed to the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who helped to organize the...
, Montgomery - Domestic Science Building, Normal
- Dr. A.M. Brown HouseNational Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, AlabamaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, Alabama.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama, United States...
, Birmingham - Ebenezer Missionary Baptist ChurchEbenezer Missionary Baptist ChurchThe Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is a structure on the National Register of Historic Places in Auburn, Alabama. Ebenezer Baptist Church was the first African American church built in the Auburn area after the end of the Civil War in 1865. That year, a plantation owner donated the property...
, Auburn - Emanuel AME ChurchEmanuel AME Church (Mobile, Alabama)Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African American church in Mobile, Alabama. Emanuel AME began when church trustees purchased a vacant lot for their church in 1869, as African Americans in Mobile established their own congregations following the American Civil War. The...
, Mobile - First African Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa
- First Baptist Church, Greenville
- First Baptist Church, Selma
- First Congregational Church of Marion, Marion
- Fourth Avenue Historic District, Birmingham
- Hawthorn HouseHawthorn House (Mobile, Alabama)The Hawthorn House is a historic house in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The -story wood-frame structure, on a brick foundation, was built in 1853 in the Gulf Coast Cottage style by Joshua K. Hawthorn. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 1984, based on its...
, Mobile - Hunter HouseHunter House (Mobile, Alabama)The Bettie Hunter House is a historic African American residence in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was the residence of Bettie Hunter, a former slave who grew wealthy from a successful hack and carriage business she operated in Mobile with her brother, Henry. The fall of New Orleans during the...
, Mobile - Jefferson Franklin Jackson HouseJefferson Franklin Jackson HouseThe Jefferson Franklin Jackson House, commonly known as the Jackson-Community House, is a historic Italianate-style house in Montgomery, Alabama. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 21, 1978 and to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17,...
, Montgomery - West ParkKelly Ingram ParkKelly Ingram Park, formerly West Park, is a four acre park located in Birmingham, Alabama. It is bounded by 16th and 17th Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues North in the Birmingham Civil Rights District...
, Birmingham - Laura Watson House, Gainesville
- Lebanon Chapel AME Church, Fairhope
- Magnolia CemeteryMagnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama)Magnolia Cemetery is a city cemetery located in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The cemetery is situated on and was established in 1836. From that time onward it served as Mobile's primary burial site during the 19th century. It is the final resting place for many of Mobile's 19th and early 20th...
, including Mobile National CemeteryMobile National CemeteryMobile National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Mobile, Alabama. It encompasses 5.2 acres , and as of the end of 2005, had 5,326 interments. It is an annex to the larger Magnolia Cemetery...
, Mobile - Mount Vernon Arsenal-Searcy Hospital Complex, Mount Vernon
- Mount Zion Baptist Church, Anniston
- Murphy-Collins House, Tuscaloosa
- Davis Avenue Branch, Mobile Public LibraryNational African American Archives and MuseumThe National African American Archives and Museum, formerly the Davis Avenue Branch of the Mobile Public Library, is an archive and history museum located in Mobile, Alabama...
, Mobile - North Lawrence-Monroe Street Historic DistrictNorth Lawrence-Monroe Street Historic DistrictThe North Lawrence-Monroe Street Historic District was a historic district in Montgomery, Alabama. It comprised 132-148, 216, and 220 Monroe Street and 14, 22, 28-40, and 56 North Lawrence Street, containing a total of six contributing buildings...
, Montgomery - Old Ship African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchOld Ship African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchOld Ship African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Montgomery, Alabama. It is the oldest African American church congregation in the city, established in 1852. The current Classical Revival-style building was designed by Jim Alexander and was...
, Montgomery - Pastorium, Dexter Avenue Baptist ChurchDexter Avenue Baptist ChurchDexter Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. The church was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1974. In 1978 the official name was changed to the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who helped to organize the...
, Montgomery - Phillips Memorial Auditorium, Marion
- Pratt City Carline Historic DistrictNational Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, AlabamaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, Alabama.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama, United States...
, Birmingham - Rickwood FieldRickwood FieldRickwood FieldFacility StatisticsLocation1137 2nd Avenue WestBirmingham, AlabamaBroke GroundSpring 1910Cost$75,000OpenedAugust 18, 1910SurfaceGrassOwnerCity of BirminghamTenantsBirmingham Barons 1910-1961...
, Birmingham - Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham
- Smithfield Historic District, Birmingham
- St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist ChurchSt. Louis Street Missionary Baptist ChurchSt. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church is a historic African American church in Mobile, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 08, 1976, due to its architectural and historic significance.-History:St...
, Mobile - State Street AME Zion ChurchState Street AME Zion ChurchState Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic African American church in Mobile, Alabama. It is the oldest documented Methodist church building in Alabama...
, Mobile - Stone Street Baptist ChurchStone Street Baptist ChurchStone Street Baptist Church is a historic African American Baptist church in Mobile, Alabama. The congregation was established well before the American Civil War, with Stone Street Baptist recognized today as one of Alabama's most influential...
, Mobile - Sulphur Trestle Fort Site, Elkmont
- Swayne HallSwayne Hall, Talladega CollegeSwayne Hall is the oldest building, built in 1857 in part by slaves, on the campus of Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama. Talladega College is a liberal arts college that was the only liberal arts college for black Americans in Alabama....
, Talladega - Talladega College Historic DistrictTalladega College- External Links :* -- Official web site*...
, Talladega - Theological Building- AME Zion Theological Institute, Greenville
- Tulane Building, Montgomery
- Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Tuskegee
- Twin Beach AME Church, Fairhope
- Ward Nicholson Corner Store, Greenville
- West Fifteenth Street Historic District, Anniston
- Westwood Plantation (Boundary Increase)Westwood (Uniontown, Alabama)Westwood is a historic plantation in Uniontown, Alabama. The main house was built between 1836 and 1850 by James Lewis Price. It is in the Greek Revival style with some Italianate influence. The outbuildings include a smokehouse with architectural detailing identical to the main house, a carriage...
, UniontownUniontown, AlabamaUniontown is a city in Perry County, Alabama in the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 1,636. The current mayor is Jamaal O. Hunter.-History:... - Windham Construction Office BuildingNational Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, AlabamaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, Alabama.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama, United States...
, Birmingham
Arkansas
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Batesville
- Dunbar Junior and Senior High School and Junior CollageDunbar Magnet Middle SchoolDunbar Gifted & Talented Education International Studies Magnet Middle School is a magnet middle school in Little Rock, Arkansas and administered by the Little Rock School District....
, Little Rock - Hampton Springs Cemetery (Black Section), Carthage
- Henry Clay Mills House, Van Buren
- Ish House, Little Rock
- Kiblah School, Doddridge
- Little Rock High School, Little Rock
- Main Building, Arkansas Baptist CollegeArkansas Baptist CollegeArkansas Baptist College is a private, historically black liberal arts college located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 1884 as the Minister's Institute, ABC was initially funded by the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas. It is the only Baptist HBCU west of the Mississippi...
, Little Rock - Mosaic Templars of America Headquarters Building, Little Rock
- Mount Olive United Methodist Church, Van Buren
- Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Brinkley
- New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Historic Section, Lake Village
- Taborian Hall, Little Rock
- Wortham Gymnasium, Oak Grove
California
- Allensworth Historic District, Allensworth
- Liberty HallLiberty HallLiberty Hall , in Dublin, Ireland is the headquarters of the Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union...
, Oakland - Moses Rodgers House, Stockton
- Somerville Hotel, Los Angeles
- Sugg House, Sonora
Colorado
- Barney L. Ford BuildingNational Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown Denver, ColoradoThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown Denver, Colorado.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Denver, Colorado, United States...
, Denver - Justina Ford HouseNational Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown Denver, ColoradoThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown Denver, Colorado.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Denver, Colorado, United States...
, Denver - Winks PanoramaWinks PanoramaWinks Panorama, also known as Winks Lodge, was a hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado catering to African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln Hills Country Club, which was at the time the only African-American resort in the western United States...
, Pinecliffe
Connecticut
- First Church of ChristFirst Church of Christ, Congregational (Farmington, Connecticut)First Church of Christ, Congregational, in Farmington, Connecticut, is a historic Greek revival church that served the Amistad Africans before their return to Africa....
, Farmington - Goffe Street Special School for Colored ChildrenGoffe Street Special School for Colored ChildrenGoffe Street Special School for Colored Children is an important landmark of African-American history in New Haven, Connecticut. The building, also known as Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Masons, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979....
, New Haven - Lighthouse Archeological Sites, Barkhamstead
- Mary and Eliza Freeman HousesMary and Eliza Freeman HousesThe Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses are located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The wood-framed, clapboard-covered, two-family houses were built in 1848 and were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1999 as the last surviving houses of Little Liberia, a neighborhood settled...
, Bridgeport - Mather Homestead, Hartford
- Prudence Crandall HousePrudence Crandall HousePrudence Crandall House, also known as Elisha Payne House and as the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls, is a historic house in Canterbury, Connecticut. It is notable for having been the home of Prudence Crandall, the abolitionist and educator, and the school which she ran from 1832 until...
, Canterbury
Delaware
- Harmon School, Millsboro
- Johnson School, Millsboro
- Lewes Historic DistrictLewes, DelawareLewes is an incorporated city in Sussex County, Delaware, USA, on the Delmarva Peninsula. According to the 2010 census, the population is 2,747, a decrease of 6.3% from 2000....
, Lewes - Loockeman Hall, Dover
- Odessa Historic DistrictOdessa Historic DistrictOdessa Historic District in Odessa, Delaware is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, then increased in 1984. It includes the Corbit-Sharp House, a National Historic Landmark, but the district itself is not one....
, Odessa - Old Fort ChurchOld Fort ChurchOld Fort Church is a historic Methodist church on Old Baltimore Pike in Christiana, Delaware.It was built in 1897 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983....
Christiana - Public School No. 111-c, Christiana
- Smyrna Historic District, Smyrna
Idaho
- St. Paul Missionary Baptist ChurchNational Register of Historic Places listings in Ada County, IdahoThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ada County, Idaho.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ada County, Idaho, United States...
, Boise
Illinois
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- Christian Hill Historic District, AltonAlton, IllinoisAlton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in Southern Illinois...
- Dr. Daniel Hale Williams House, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
- Eighth Regiment ArmoryEighth Regiment Armory (Chicago)The Eighth Regiment Armory, located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District of Chicago, Illinois, was the first armory in the United States built for an African-American military regiment, known as the "Fighting 8th". The building later was used by a division of the Illinois National Guard,...
, Chicago - Free Frank McWorter Grave SiteFree Frank McWorter Grave SiteThe Free Frank McWorter Grave Site, near the Pike County, Illinois city of Barry, is the grave site of former slave Frank McWorter. McWorter, originally from South Carolina, bought his and 14 other slave relatives' freedom during the mid-19th century in Kentucky.In 1836 he was the first African...
, Barry - Ida B. Wells-Barnett HouseIda B. Wells-Barnett HouseThe Ida B. Wells - Barnett House was the residence of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells, and her husband Ferdinand Lee Barnett from 1919 to 1930. It is located at 3624 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Drive in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago...
, Chicago - Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable HomesiteJean Baptiste Point Du Sable HomesiteThe Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is the location where, in the 1780s, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable located his home and trading post. This home is generally considered to be the first permanent, non Native, residence in Chicago, Illinois. The site of Point du Sable's home is now partially...
, Chicago - Lyman Trumbull HouseLyman Trumbull HouseLyman Trumbull House is a house significant for its association with former U.S. Senator from Illinois Lyman Trumbull.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975....
, Alton - Overton Hygienic BuildingOverton Hygienic BuildingThe Overton Hygienic Building is a Chicago Landmark and part of the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at 3619-3627 State Street....
, Chicago - Owen Lovejoy Homestead, Princeton
- Quinn Chapel of the AME ChurchQuinn Chapel AME Church (Chicago, Illinois)Quinn Chapel AME Church, also known as Quinn Chapel of the A.M.E. Church, houses Chicago's oldest African-American congregation, formed by seven individuals as a nondenominational prayer group that met in the house of a member in 1844. In 1847, the group organized as a congregation of the African...
, Chicago - Robert S. Abbott HouseRobert S. Abbott HouseThe Robert S. Abbott House is the former home of Robert S. Abbott, founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper. Located at 4742 South Martin Luther King, Jr...
, Chicago - Unity Hall, Chicago (located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville DistrictBlack Metropolis-Bronzeville DistrictBlack Metropolis-Bronzeville District or simply Bronzeville is a historic district in the Douglas community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It includes nine structures that were accorded the Chicago Landmark designation on September 9, 1998...
of Chicago) - Victory Sculpture, Chicago
- Wabash Avenue YMCAWabash Avenue YMCAThe Wabash Avenue YMCA is a Chicago Landmark located within the Chicago Landmark Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. This YMCA facility served as an important social center within the Black Metropolis area, and it also provided housing...
, Chicago
Indiana
- Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchAllen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Terre Haute, Indiana)Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a church in Terre Haute, Indiana.The church is named for Richard Allen, who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia in 1787. The congregation in Terre Haute began meeting in 1837 in a small white church in town...
, Terre Haute - Bethel AME Church, Indianapolis
- Booker T. Washington School, Rushville
- Crispus Attucks High SchoolCrispus Attucks High SchoolCrispus Attucks High School of Indianapolis Public Schools in Indianapolis, Indiana is named for Crispus Attucks , a black laborer killed at the Boston Massacre whom many regarded as a revolutionary leader...
, Indianapolis - Eleutherian CollegeEleutherian CollegeA U.S. National Historic Landmark, Eleutherian College, founded in 1848 as Eleutherian Institute, was the first college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or sex. It is now a public museum....
, LancasterLancaster, Jefferson County, IndianaLancaster is an unincorporated town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.Lancaster was platted on Oct. 5, 1815 by David Hillis and William McFarland. The plat established 128 lots, reserving some for the erection of a courthouse, market house, and a place of public worship. They... - Iddings-Gilbert-Leader-Anderson Block, Kendallville
- Indiana Avenue Historic District, Indianapolis
- J. Woodrow Wilson House, Marion
- Levi Coffin HouseLevi Coffin HouseThe Levi Coffin House is a National Historic Landmark located in present-day Fountain City, Indiana. The two-story, eight room, brick house was constructed in 1839 in the Federal style and served as a station on the Underground Railroad....
, Fountain City (NHL) - Liberty Baptist Church, Evansville
- Lockefield Garden Apartments, Indianapolis
- Madame C. J. Walker Building, Indianapolis
- Minor House, Indianapolis
- Old Richmond Historic DistrictOld Richmond Historic DistrictThe Old Richmond Historic District is a neighborhood of historic residential and commercial buildings in Richmond, Indiana just west of the East Fork of the Whitewater River, comprising some of the earliest extant buildings in Richmond...
, Richmond - Ransom Place Historic District, Indianapolis
- Rockville Historic District, Rockville
Iowa
- Alexander Clark House, MuscatineMuscatine, IowaMuscatine is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 22,886 in the 2010 census, an increase from 22,697 in the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Muscatine County...
- Bethel AME ChurchBethel African Methodist Church (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)The Bethel African Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is one of the few surviving links to Cedar Rapid's early African American community; this neighborhood has been nearly obliterated by development of Mercy Hospital. The church has been placed on Preservation Iowa’s Most Endangered list...
, Cedar Rapids - Bethel AME ChurchBethel AME Church (Davenport, Iowa)Bethel A.M.E. Church is located at 325 W. 11th Street, Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-History:...
, Davenport - Bethel AME ChurchBethel AME Church (Iowa City, Iowa)The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Iowa City was built in 1868 to serve a predominantly African American congregation. Originally called Zion AME, Bethel is one of Iowa City's oldest frame houses and the oldest surviving structure associated with African Americans in Iowa City. The...
, Iowa City - Burns United Methodist ChurchBurns United Methodist ChurchBurns United Methodist Church is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.-History:...
, Des Moines - Buxton Historic TownsiteNational Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, IowaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Iowa.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Iowa, United States...
, Lovilia - Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training SchoolFort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training SchoolThe Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School in Des Moines, Iowa was where African Americans were trained to be officers for the U.S. Army during World War I. The grounds of Fort Des Moines were used for U.S. Army training beginning in 1901, and the all-Black 25th Infantry Regiment...
, Des Moines
Kansas
- Nicodemus Historic DistrictNicodemus National Historic SiteNicodemus National Historic Site, located in Nicodemus, Kansas, United States, preserves, protects and interprets the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the American Civil War...
, Nicodemus - John Brown Cabin. Osawatomie
- George Washington Carver Homestead SiteGeorge Washington Carver National MonumentGeorge Washington Carver National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located about two miles west of Diamond, Missouri; the national monument was founded on July 14, 1943, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt who dedicated $30,000 US to the monument...
, Beeler - Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21, Prince Hall MasonsNational Register of Historic Places listings in Sedgwick County, KansasThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sedgwick County, Kansas.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States...
, Wichita - Calvary BaptistCalvary Baptist Church (Wichita, Kansas)Calvary Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church in Wichita, Kansas. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
, Wichita - Brown v. Board of Education National Historic SiteBrown v. Board of Education National Historic SiteBrown v. Board of Education National Historic Site was established in Topeka, Kansas, on October 26, 1992, by the United States Congress to commemorate the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision aimed at ending racial segregation in public schools...
, Topeka
Kentucky
- A. Jackson Crawford Building, Somerset
- Abner Knox farm, Danville
- Anderson House, Haskingsville
- Andrew Muldrow Quarters, Tyrone
- Artelia Anderson Hall, Paduch
- Ash Emison Quarters, Delaplain
- Bayless Quarters, North Middletown
- Bethel AME ChurchBethel AME Church (Shelbyville, Kentucky)Bethel AME Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 414 Henry Clay Street in Shelbyville, Kentucky.It was built in 1916 and added to the National Register in 1984....
, Shelbyville - Bloomfield Historic District, Bloomfield
- Broadway Temple AME Zion Church, Louisville
- Central Colored School, Louisville
- Chandler Normal School Building and Webster Hall, Lexington
- Charity’s House, Falmouth
- Chestnut Street Baptist ChurchChestnut Street Baptist ChurchChestnut Street Baptist Church is a historic church at 912 W. Chestnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky.It was built in 1884 and added to the National Register in 1980....
, Louisville - Church of Our Merciful SaviourChurch of Our Merciful Saviour (Louisville, Kentucky)The Church of Our Merciful Saviour was established in 1891. The church is located at 473 South 11th Street in Louisville, Kentucky's near west end. This historic church was built in the late Gothic Revival style and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983...
, Louisville - E.E. Hume Hall, Frankfort
- Embry Chapel Church, Elizabethtown
- Emery-Price Historic District, Covington
- First African Baptist Church and ParsonageFirst African Baptist Church and Parsonage (Scott County, Kentucky)First African Baptist Church and Parsonage is an historically significant church building and an associated parsonage located in the United States on West Jefferson Avenue in Georgetown, Kentucky. In 1842, First Baptist Church moved from their West Jefferson location to a site closer to Georgetown...
, Georgetown - First African Baptist ChurchFirst African Baptist Church (Lexington, Kentucky)First African Baptist Church is a historic church at 264-272 E. Short Street in Lexington, Kentucky. The congregation was founded c. 1790 by Peter Durrett and his wife, slaves who came to Kentucky with their master, Rev...
, Lexington - First Baptist ChurchFirst Baptist Church (Elizabethtown, Kentucky)First Baptist Church is a historic church at 112 W. Poplar Street in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.It was built in 1855 and added to the National Register in 1974....
, Elizabethtown - First Colored Baptist ChurchFirst Colored Baptist Church (Bowling Green, Kentucky)First Colored Baptist Church is a historic church at 340 State Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky.It was built in 1898 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979....
, Bowling Green - Freeman Chapel C.M.E. ChurchFreeman Chapel C.M.E. ChurchFreeman Chapel C.M.E. Church is a historic church at 137 S. Virginia Street in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.It was built in 1923 and added to the National Register in 1983.-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky...
, Hopkinsville - Hogan Quarters, Versailles
- Jackson Hall, Kentucky State University, Frankfort
- James Briscoe Quarters, Delaplain
- Jeffersontown Colored School, Jeffersontown
- John Leavell Quarters, Bryantville
- Johnson’s Chapel AME Zion Church, Springfield
- Johnson-Pence House, Georgetown
- Joseph Patterson Quarters, Midway
- KEAS Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal ChurchKEAS Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal ChurchKEAS Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church at 101 S. Queen Street in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.It was built in 1893 and added to the National Register in 1983....
, Mount Sterling - Knights of Pythias Temple, Louisville
- Lewis O’Neal Tavern, Versailles
- Limerick Historic DistrictLimerick, LouisvilleLimerick is a neighborhood one mile south of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. It was developed in the 1860s as a place of residence for employees of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight yard. It was named because nearly all of the residents were from the Irish county of Limerick. The St....
(Boundary Increase), Louisville - Lincoln HallLincoln Hall, Berea CollegeLincoln Hall, on the campus of Berea College in Berea, Kentucky is a building built in 1887. It was declared to be a U.S. National Historic Landmark....
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- Lincoln Institute Complex, Simpsonville
- Lincoln School, Paduch
- Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored BranchLouisville Free Public Library, Western Colored BranchThe Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch, built in 1907, was the first Carnegie library built for African-Americans. Also known as Louisville Free Public Library, Western Branch, the library is a branch of the Louisville Free Public Library system. The library was listed on the...
, Louisville - Meriwether House, Louisville
- Midway Historic District, Midway
- Minor Chapel AME ChurchMinor Chapel AME ChurchMinor Chapel A. M. E. Church is a historic church on the east side of Jefferson Street between Red Row Alley and Reasor Street in Taylorsville, Kentucky.It was built in 1895 and added to the National Register in 1992....
, Taylorsville - Mount Vernon AME ChurchMount Vernon AME ChurchMount Vernon A.M.E. Church is a historic church in Gamaliel, Kentucky.It was built in 1848 and added to the National Register in 1977....
, Gamaliel - Mt. Moriah Baptist ChurchMt. Moriah Baptist ChurchMt. Moriah Baptist Church is a historic church at 314 N. Main Street in Middlesboro, Kentucky.It was built in 1918 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985....
, Middleboro - Municipal College Campus, Simmons University, Louisville
- Old Statehouse Historic DistrictOld Statehouse Historic DistrictOld Statehouse Historic District is an area in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky near the old State Capitol and the Old Governors Mansion. The area is bounded by Broadway Street, Blanton Street, St. Clair Street, Ann Street and High Street and contains 74 historic buildings. The historic district was...
, Frankfort - Perry Shelburne House, Taylorsville
- Pisgah Rural Historic District, Lexington/Versailles
- Poston House, Hopkinsville
- Reed Road Rural Historic District, Lexington
- Russell Historic District, Louisville
- Solomon Thomas House, Salvisa
- South Frankfort Neighborhood Historic District, Frankfort
- St. James AME ChurchSt. James AME Church (Ashland, Kentucky)St. James AME Church is a historic church at 12th St. and Carter Avenue in Ashland, Kentucky.It was built in 1912 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979....
, Ashland - St. John United Methodist ChurchSt. John United Methodist ChurchSt. John United Methodist Church is a historic church on College Street in Shelbyville, Kentucky.It was built in 1896 and added to the National Register in 1984....
, Shelbyville - Stone Barn on Brushy Creek, Carlisle
- Stone Quarters on Burgin Road, Harrodsburg
- The GrangeThe Grange (Paris, Kentucky)The Grange, located four miles north of Paris, Kentucky, was built in 1800. It is a Federal architecture building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973....
, Paris - Thomas Chapel C.M.E. ChurchThomas Chapel C.M.E. ChurchThomas Chapel C.M.E. Church is a historic church on Moscow Avenue in Hickman, Kentucky.It was built in 1895 and added to the National Register in 1979....
, Hickman - University of Louisville Belknap Campus, Louisville
- Whitney M. Young, Jr., Birthplace, Simpsonville
Louisiana
- Arna Wendell Bontemps HouseArna Wendell Bontemps HouseArna Wendell Bontemps House is located in Alexandria, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1993.-References:...
, Alexandria - Badin-Roque House, Natchez
- Canebrake, Ferriday
- Carter Plantation, Springfield
- Central High School, Shreveport
- Congo SquareCongo SquareCongo Square is an open space within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. The Tremé neighborhood is famous for its history of African American music....
, New Orleans - Evergreen Plantation, Wallace
- Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University, New Orleans
- Holy Rosary Institute, Lafayette
- James H. Dillard HouseJames H. Dillard HouseJames H. Dillard House, also known as James H. Dillard Home, was the residence of James H. Dillard in New Orleans, Louisiana.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974....
, New Orleans - Kenner and Kugler Cemeteries Archeological District, Norco
- Leland CollegeLeland CollegeLeland College was a school and college for blacks, that in fact was open to all races, that was established in 1870. It was established first in New Orleans, Louisiana, and moved to a location near Baker, Louisiana in 1923, "after its original buildings burned".It was listed on the National...
, Baker - Magnolia PlantationMagnolia Plantation (Derry, Louisiana)Magnolia Plantation is a former plantation in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001. Included in the Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Magnolia Plantation is also a destination on the Louisiana African American Heritage...
, Derry - Maison de Marie Therese, Bermuda
- McKinley High SchoolMcKinley Senior High SchoolMcKinley Senior High School, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and is located on 800 E. McKinley St. is home to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board's first gifted and talented high school programs...
, Baton Rouge - Melrose PlantationMelrose PlantationMelrose Plantation, also known as Yucca Plantation, is a National Historic Landmark in Natchitoches Parish in north central Louisiana. This is one of the largest plantations in the United States built by and for free blacks...
, Melrose - Port Hudson, Port Hudson
- Southern University Archives Building, Scotlandville
- St. James AME Church, New Orleans
- St. Joseph Historic District, St. Joseph
- St. Joseph's School (Burnside, Louisiana)
- St. Paul Lutheran Church, Mansura
- St. Peter AME Church, New Orleans
- Tangipahoa Parish Training School Dormitory, Kentwood
Maine
- Green Memorial AME Zion ChurchGreen Memorial A.M.E. Zion ChurchGreen Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church is a historic church at 46 Sheridan Street in Portland, Maine.It was built in 1914 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973....
, Portland - John B. Russwurm HouseNational Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, MaineThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, Maine, United States...
, Portland - Harriet Beecher Stowe HouseHarriet Beecher Stowe House (Brunswick, Maine)Harriet Beecher Stowe House is an historic home at 63 Federal Street in Brunswick, Maine.Originally known as the Stonemore House, it was rented by author Harriet Beecher Stowe and her husband while he taught at nearby Bowdoin College. It was here between 1850 and 1852 that the author wrote Uncle...
, Brunswick
Maryland
- African Methodist Episcopal ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchThe African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the A.M.E. Church, is a predominantly African American Methodist denomination based in the United States. It was founded by the Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816 from several black Methodist congregations in the...
, Cumberland - Berkley SchoolBerkley SchoolBerkley School, also known as Hosanna School, is a historic one room school located at Darlington, Harford County, Maryland. It was built in 1868 and is a rectangular one-story, three-bay frame building which rests on an uncoursed rubblestone foundation...
, Darlington - Don S.S. Goodloe HouseDon S.S. GoodloeRev. Don Speed Smith Goodloe , born in Lowell, Kentucky, was a black teacher who became a pioneer for racial integration in the Unitarian church. He was the first principal of the Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie for the Training of Colored Youth, also known as Maryland State Normal...
, Bowie - Douglass PlaceDouglass PlaceDouglass Place is a group of historic rowhouses located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Built in 1892, it represents typical "alley houses" of the period in Baltimore, two narrow bays wide, two stories high over a cellar, with shed roofs pitched to the rear...
, Baltimore - Douglass Summer HouseDouglass Summer HouseThe Douglass Summer House is a historic home at Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1894-95, is one of the first built in the small community of Highland Beach and is the oldest structure remaining at that place. The house was built in 1894-95 by Major...
, Highland Beach - Frederick Douglass High SchoolFrederick Douglass Senior High School (Baltimore, Maryland)Frederick Douglass High School known locally as Douglass is a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, US. Established in 1883 as the Colored High and Training School, Douglass is the second oldest historically integrated public high school in the United States...
, Baltimore - GrasslandGrasslandGrasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica...
, Annapolis Junction - John Brown’s HeadquartersKennedy FarmThe Kennedy Farm is an American landmark where John Brown planned and began his raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in 1859. Also known as John Brown's Headquarters and Kennedy Farmhouse, the log, stone and brick building has retained its historical integrity and is essentially the same as it was...
, Samples Manor - McComas InstituteMcComas InstituteMcComas Institute is a historic school located at Joppa, Harford County, Maryland, United States. The school was built in 1867, and is a one-story frame structure with a gable roof, five bays long and three bays wide, and resting on a stone foundation...
, Joppa - Mt. Gilboa ChapelMt. Gilboa ChapelMt. Gilboa Chapel is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church located at Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland. It is a small stone church measuring 28 feet by 42 feet, built about 1859 by free African Americans. The front façade is ashlar masonry, but the sides and rear are of rubble...
, Oella - Mt. Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church, Annapolis
- Orchard Street United Methodist ChurchOrchard Street United Methodist ChurchOrchard Street United Methodist Church, formerly known as Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a church built in a mixture of revival styles. It was constructed in 1837, with additions made in 1853,...
, Baltimore - Public School No. 111Public School No. 111Public School No. 111, also known as Francis Ellen Harper School, is a historic elementary school located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a Romanesque brick structure that features an ornately detailed brick front façade. It was built in 1889 as Colored School #9 and is one of the few...
, Baltimore - Snow Hill SiteSnow Hill SiteThe Snow Hill Site is an archeological site located near Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland. It was the location of a free African American community, which was established in this area by the mid-19th century. It includes the remains of several structures, a foundation and wall or floorboard,...
, Port Deposit Archeological site. - St. John’s Church, Ruxton
- Stanley InstituteStanley InstituteStanley Institute, also known as Rock School, is a historic African American school building located at Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. It is a rectangular one-story, gable-front frame building with a small entrance vestibule built about 1865...
, Cambridge - Stanton CenterStanton CenterStanton Center is a historic building at Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story , Classical Revival brick masonry building with a one-story addition. It is the second school building on the site and was first used as an elementary school and later became the...
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Massachusetts
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- African Meeting HouseAfrican Meeting HouseThe African Meeting House, also known variously as First African Baptist Church, First Independent Baptist Church and the Belknap Street Church, was built in 1806 and is now the oldest black church edifice still standing in the United States. It is located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston,...
, Boston - Boston African American National Historic SiteBoston African American National Historic SiteThe Boston African American National Historic Site, in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts's Beacon Hill neighborhood, interprets 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th century African-American community, including the Museum of Afro-American History's African Meeting...
, Boston - Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal ChurchCharles Street African Methodist Episcopal ChurchCharles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church is an historic African American Episcopal church at 551 Warren Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The current church building was built in 1888 by J...
, Boston - William C. Nell HouseWilliam C. Nell HouseThe William C. Nell House, now a private residence, was a boarding home located in 3 Smith Court in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in front of what it was the African Meeting House, now Museum of African American History....
, Boston - Maria Baldwin HouseMaria Baldwin HouseThe Maria Baldwin House is a National Historic Landmark located at 196 Prospect Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is a private home, and not open to the public....
, Cambridge - Howe House, Cambridge
- William Monroe Trotter HouseWilliam Monroe Trotter HouseThe William Monroe Trotter House, is located at 97 Sawyer Avenue atop Jones Hill in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. It was the home of African-American journalist William Monroe Trotter...
, Dorchester - William E.B. Du Bois Boyhood HomesiteW.E.B Dubois boyhood HomesiteThe W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite is located on South Egremont Road , west of the junction with MA 71) in the town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States. It is the site of the house, no longer extant, where W.E.B. Du Bois, later a prominent African American intellectual, lived until...
, Great Barrington - Camp AtwaterCamp AtwaterCamp Atwater is a historic camp on Shore Road in North Brookfield, Massachusetts.The camp was built in 1921 and added to the National Historic Register in 1982....
, North Brookfield - Paul Cuffe FarmPaul Cuffe FarmPaul Cuffe Farm is a National Historic Landmark on 1504 Drift Road in Westport, Massachusetts.The farmhouse was built in 1759 and owned by Paul Cuffe. Cuffe was a prominent farmer and merchant of African American and Native American ancestry. He was active in the African resettlement movement. The...
, Westport - Liberty FarmLiberty FarmLiberty Farm is a National Historic Landmark at 116 Mower Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.The brick house was built in 1810 in a Federal style. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1974. Abolitionists and suffragists Abby Kelley Foster and Stephen Symonds Foster owned the house from...
, Worcester
Michigan
- Idlewild Historic District, Idlewild
- Breitmeyer-Tobin Building, Detroit
- Dunbar HospitalDunbar HospitalDunbar Hospital was the first hospital in Detroit, Michigan for the black community. It is located at 580 Frederick Street, and is currently the administrative headquarters of the Detroit Medical Society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.- Building construction...
, Detroit - Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Covent, and Rectory, Detroit
- Second Baptist Church of Detroit, Detroit
- Ossian H. Sweet HouseOssian H. Sweet HouseThe Ossian H. Sweet House is a privately owned house located at 2905 Garland Street in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by Maurice Herman Finkel, the residence's second owner was physician Ossian Sweet, an African-American, and the site of a confrontation in 1925 between the Sweet family and a mob...
, Detroit
Minnesota
- Avalon HotelAvalon Hotel (Rochester, Minnesota)- External links :*...
, Rochester - Edward S. Hall HouseS. Edward Hall HouseThe S. Edward Hall House in Saint Paul, Minnesota was the home of S. Edward Hall , an African American businessman and founder of the Saint Paul chapter of the NAACP. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
, St. Paul - Harriet Island PavilionHarriet Island PavilionThe Harriet Island Pavilion, currently known as the Clarence W. Wigington Pavilion, is a park pavilion on Harriet Island just across the Mississippi River from downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was designed by Clarence W. Wigington, the nation's first black municipal architect, and renamed for...
, St. Paul - Highland Park TowerHighland Park TowerThe Highland Park Water Tower is a water tower in the Highland Park area of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was designed by Clarence W. Wigington, the nation's first African-American municipal architect. The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.The octagonally-shaped...
, St. Paul - Holman Field Administration BuildingHolman Field Administration BuildingThe Holman Field Administration Building is a Kasota limestone building designed by Clarence Wigington and built in 1939 by WPA employees. It serves as the control building for the St. Paul Downtown Airport in Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The airport was named for Charles W. Holman,...
, St. Paul - Lena O. Smith HouseLena O. Smith HouseThe Lena O. Smith House is a house in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its owner, Lena O. Smith, was a prominent civil rights attorney. She was born in 1885 in Lawrence, Kansas and moved with her family to Minneapolis in 1906. She enrolled at William Mitchell College of Law and graduated in 1921...
, Minneapolis - Pilgrim Baptist ChurchPilgrim Baptist Church (Saint Paul, Minnesota)The Pilgrim Baptist Church located at 732 Central Avenue West in Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota is the building that houses the first Black Baptist congregation in Saint Paul. The congregation was founded on November 15, 1866 by Reverend Robert Hickman and a group of escaped slaves from...
, St. Paul - St. Mark’s African Methodist Episcopal ChurchNational Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis County, MinnesotaSt. Louis County, Minnesota contains over 100 properties that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Many of these places are associated with the city of Duluth's role as the westernmost port on the Great Lakes, shared with Superior, Wisconsin...
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Nebraska
- Jewell BuildingJewell BuildingThe Jewell Building is a city landmark in North Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1923, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 2221 North 24th Street, the building was home to the Dreamland Ballroom for more than 40 years, and featured performances by many jazz and blues...
, Omaha - Malcolm X House SiteMalcolm X House SiteThe Malcolm X House Site located at 3448 Pinkney Street in North Omaha, Nebraska, marks the place where Malcolm X first lived with his family. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and is also on the Nebraska list of heritage sites.-History:Malcolm Little was born...
, Omaha - Webster Telephone Exchange BuildingWebster Telephone Exchange BuildingThe Webster Telephone Exchange Building is located at 2213 Lake Street in North Omaha, Nebraska. It was designed by the well-known Omaha architect Thomas R. Kimball. After the Easter Sunday Tornado of 1913, the building was used as the center of recovery operations...
, Omaha
New Jersey
- Ackerman-Smith HouseAckerman-Smith HouseThe Ackerman-Smith House is a historic house located in Saddle River, New Jersey, built in 1760. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1986.-Construction:...
, Saddle River - Bethany Baptist Church, Newark
- Bordentown SchoolBordentown SchoolThe Bordentown School , was a residential high school for African-American students, located in Bordentown in Burlington County, New Jersey...
- Fisk ChapelFisk ChapelFisk Chapel is a historic chapel on Cedar Avenue in Fair Haven, New Jersey.It was built in 1882 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.-External links:*...
, Fair Haven - Gethsemane CemeteryGethsemane CemeteryThe Gethsemane Cemetery, is located in Little Ferry, New Jersey on an acre on a sandy hill just off U.S. Route 46 and Liberty Street. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1994.-Name:...
, Little Ferry - Grant AME ChurchGrant A.M.E. ChurchGrant A.M.E. Church is a historic church at 4th and Washington Street in Chesilhurst, New Jersey.It was built in 1896 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977....
, Chesilhurst - Perth Amboy City HallPerth Amboy City HallCity Hall in Perth Amboy, New Jersey is a historic building built in the early 18th century, listed on New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places. It is now the oldest government building still in use in the United States.-History:Construction of the...
- Roosevelt StadiumRoosevelt StadiumRoosevelt Stadium was a baseball park at Droyer's Point in Jersey City, New Jersey. It opened in April 1937 and hosted high-minor league baseball, seven major league baseball games, plus championship boxing matches, top-name musical acts, important regional high school football and even soccer...
- Shadow LawnShadow Lawn (New Jersey)Shadow Lawn is a building in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1927 for Hubert T. Parsons, president of the F.W. Woolworth Company. Parsons was financially ruined by the Great Depression and the house was sold in 1939 for $100...
, West Long Branch - State Street Public SchoolState Street Public SchoolState Street Public School, is located in Newark, New Jersey. The building was built in 1845 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 1990....
, Newark - William R. Allen School, Burlington
New York
- 369th Regiment Armory369th Regiment Armory369th Regiment Armory is a historic National Guard armory building located in Harlem, New York, New York. It was built for the 369th Regiment. The unit was founded in 1913 as the first and only National Guard unit in New York State composed solely of African-Americans...
, New York - African Burying Ground, New York
- Apollo TheaterApollo TheaterThe Apollo Theater in New York City is one of the most famous, and older, music halls in the United States, and the most famous club associated almost exclusively with Black performers...
, New York - Bethel AME Church and ManseBethel AME Church and ManseBethel AME Church and Manse is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church and manse at 291 Park Avenue in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. The church was built about 1845 and is a -story, wood-frame structure that is rectangular in plan with a gable roof and clapboard exterior...
, Huntington - Claude McKay ResidenceClaude McKay ResidenceClaude McKay Residence is located at 180 West 135th Street, Harlem, New York City, New York. Built in 1932, it replaced the 1919 building across the street.. African-American author Claude McKay lived here from 1941 through 1946. Bill Clinton is a current member.It was declared a National...
, New York - Dunbar ApartmentsDunbar ApartmentsConstructed in 1926, the Dunbar Apartments are a set of buildings in North-Central Harlem in New York City, built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to provide housing for African Americans. The apartments were designed by architect Andrew J. Thomas, noted for his designs in the community of Jackson...
, New York - Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion ChurchDurham Memorial A.M.E. Zion ChurchDurham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, formerly known as St. Luke's A.M.E. Zion Church until the late 1950s, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a brick church constructed in 1920. It is the oldest surviving church associated with...
, Buffalo - Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington HouseDuke Ellington HouseThe Duke Ellington House, or Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington House, is where Duke Ellington, the famous African American composer and jazz musician, resided from 1939 through 1961....
, New York - Florence Mills HouseFlorence Mills HouseFlorence Mills House at 220 West 135th Street was believed to be where Florence Mills, 1896–1927, lived from 1910 to 1927. She was a leading African-American actress and entertainer during the 1920s. She lived at this address, or a similar address a few blocks away, during her most productive years...
, New York - Foster Memorial AME Zion ChurchFoster Memorial AME Zion ChurchThe Foster Memorial AME Zion Church is located on Wildey Avenue in Tarrytown, New York, United States. Formed in 1860, it is the oldest black church in Westchester County and possibly one of the oldest in the state. During the Civil War it was a stop on the Underground Railroad. One of the church's...
, Tarrytown - Harlem River HousesHarlem River HousesThe Harlem River Houses are located at 151st street and the Harlem River Drive in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and covers in Harlem. They were built in 1937 for African Americans.-Building:...
, New York - Harriet Tubman Home for the AgedHarriet Tubman Home for the AgedHarriet Tubman Home for the Aged, Harriet Tubman Residence, and Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church are three properties associated with the life of Harriet Tubman. They are located at 180 South Street, 182 South Street, and 33 Parker Street, respectively, in Auburn, New York...
, Auburn - House on Hunterfly Road District, New York
- James Weldon Johnson House, New York
- John Brown FarmJohn Brown Farm and GravesiteThe John Brown Farm and Gravesite was the home and is the final resting place of abolitionist John Brown.It is located on John Brown Road in North Elba near Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to lead freed slaves in farming...
, Lake Placid - John Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson HouseJackie Robinson HouseJackie Robinson House was a Brooklyn home of baseball great Jackie Robinson from 1947 when he was earned Rookie of the Year with the Brooklyn Dodgers through 1949 when he was voted Most Valuable Player. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976....
, New York - Langston Hughes HouseLangston Hughes HouseLangston Hughes House is a historic home located in Harlem, New York, New York. It is an Italianate style dwelling built in 1869. It is a three story with basement, rowhouse faced in brownstone and measuring 20 feet wide and 45 feet deep...
, New York - Lemuel Haynes HouseLemuel Haynes HouseLemuel Haynes House was the home of Lemuel Haynes, first African-American clergyman ordained in America, from 1822 to 1833. He was also the first African-American minister of a white congregation. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1975....
, New South Granville - Louis Armstrong HouseLouis Armstrong HouseThe Louis Armstrong House was the home of Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille between 1943 and 1971 when he died. Lucille gave it to the city in order to create a museum focused on her husband...
, New York - Macedonia Baptist ChurchMacedonia Baptist Church (Buffalo, New York)Macedonia Baptist Church, formerly known as Michigan Street Baptist Church, is a historic African American Baptist church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a brick church constructed in 1845. Rev. J. Edward Nash served the congregation from 1892 to 1953. His home, the Rev. J....
, Buffalo - Matthew Henson ResidenceMatthew Henson ResidenceMatthew Henson Residence is where Matthew Henson, the African American polar explorer, lived from 1929 until his death in 1955. Largely forgotten, he was arguably the first man to reach the North Pole in 1909, as he was assigned the task of breaking trail in explorer Robert Peary's expedition...
, New York - Minton’s Playhouse, New York
- New York Amsterdam News BuildingNew York Amsterdam News BuildingThe New York Amsterdam News Building is where The New York Amsterdam News was published between 1916 and 1938. During this period, the newspaper grew to national influence covering African-American issues...
, New York - Paul Robeson HomePaul Robeson HomeThe Paul Robeson Residence is a National Historic Landmarked building, located at 555 Edgecombe Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA...
, New York - Ralph Bunche HouseRalph Johnson Bunche HouseRalph Johnson Bunche House, a home of American diplomat Ralph Bunche,is a National Historic Landmark located in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens, New York. It is located at 115-24 Grosvenor Road. Ralph Bunche helped found the United Nations, and this was his home for more than 30 years,...
, New York - Sandy Ground Historic Archeological DistrictSandy Ground Historic Archeological DistrictSandy Ground Historic Archeological is a historic archaeological site and national historic district located at Sandy Ground, Staten Island, New York. The district encompasses one contributing building and one contributing site....
, New York - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York
- St. George’s Episcopal Church, New York
- St. James AME Zion ChurchSt. James AME Zion ChurchSt. James AME Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located at Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York. It is a two story, frame church structure set on a high foundation and featuring a four story entrance tower. The church structure was begun in the 1830s and modified...
, Ithaca - St. Nicholas Historic DistrictSt. Nicholas Historic DistrictSt. Nicholas Historic District is a national historic district in Harlem, New York, New York. It consists of 130 contributing buildings designed in 1891. The buildings consists of four sets of residential rowhouses built of brick and brownstone and three apartment buildings. The noted...
, New York - Valley Road Historic District, Manhasset
- Villa LewaroVilla LewaroVilla Lewaro, also known as the Anne E. Poth Home, is located at Fargo Lane and North Broadway in Irvington, New York. It was the home of Madam C. J. Walker from 1918 to 1919. She is believed to be the first American female and first African-American female, self-made millionaire...
, Irvington - Will Marion Cook HouseWill Marion Cook HouseThe Will Marion Cook House is where Will Marion Cook lived from 1918 to 1944. Called the "master of all masters of our people" by Duke Ellington, he was a leading black composer and musician. The house, located at 221 West 138th Street, Manhattan, New York City, is part of the area known as...
, New York - Waddington Historic Distinct, Waddington
Ohio
- Mount Zion Baptist ChurchMount Zion Baptist Church (Athens, Ohio)Mount Zion Baptist Church was established in 1872 in Athens County, Ohio. It is significant as representing a major building standing in the city of Athens that is associated with its black community....
, Athens - Jacob Goldsmith House, Cleveland
- Lincoln TheatreLincoln Theatre (Columbus, Ohio)The Lincoln Theatre is a 582-seat performing arts venue located at 769 E. Long Street in the King-Lincoln neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.The theater is owned by the City of Columbus under the auspices of the Lincoln Theatre Association...
, Columbus - South SchoolSouth School (Yellow Springs, Ohio)The South School is a historic school building in the village of Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. Over its history of more than 150 years, it has served a wide range of purposes, although it is presently not used as a school....
, Yellow Springs - Colonel Charles Young HouseColonel Charles Young HouseThe Colonel Charles Young house is a National Historic Landmark in Wilberforce, Ohio. A military leader, Col. Charles Young was born in 1864, the third African American graduate of West Point, first black U.S...
, Wilberforce - William C. Johnston House and General Store, Burlington
- Macedonia Church, Burlington
- John Mercer Langston HouseJohn Mercer Langston HouseThe John Mercer Langston House is a National Historic Landmark in Oberlin, Ohio. It was home to John Mercer Langston, abolitionist and US Congressman, who was one of the first African-Americans elected to public office in the United States.-External links:...
, Oberlin - African Jackson Cemetery, Piqua
- Classic TheaterNational Register of Historic Places listings in Dayton, OhioThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dayton, Ohio.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dayton, Ohio, United States...
, Dayton - Dunbar Historic DistrictDunbar Historic DistrictThe Dunbar Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district on North Summit Street in Dayton, Ohio. The district is famous for being the home of Paul Laurence Dunbar.On June 30, 1980, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places...
, Dayton - Women’s Christian AssociationNational Register of Historic Places listings in Dayton, OhioThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dayton, Ohio.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dayton, Ohio, United States...
, Dayton
Oklahoma
- A. J. Mason BuildingA. J. Mason BuildingThe A. J. Mason Building is a single story brick building which is the only remaining original structure in Tullahassee. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places August 5, 1985....
, Tullahassee - Black Theater of ArdmoreBlack Theater of ArdmoreThe Black Theater of Ardmore is a historic theater building in Ardmore, Oklahoma. It was built in 1922 during a time of racial segregation, when Ardmore's community of more than 2,000 African American residents had its own business district and its own residential area. The theater provided...
, Ardmore - Boley Historic DistrictBoley Historic DistrictThe Boley Historic District, in Boley, Oklahoma is the area of an all-black town founded in 1903.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.It is roughly bounded by Seward Avenue, Walnut and Cedar Streets, and the southern city limits of Boley....
, Boley - C.L. Cooper Building, Eufaula
- Douglass High School Auditorium, Ardmore
- Dunbar School, Ardmore
- Eastside Baptist Church, Okmulgee
- First Baptist Central ChurchFirst Baptist Church (Muskogee, Oklahoma)The First Baptist Church is a historic church building in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The church was built in 1903 and was the first church building for the African-American population of Muskogee County. It was built in a Romaneasque Revival style. It features two asymmetrical, crenalated towers and a...
, Okmulgee - First Baptist ChurchFirst Baptist Church (Muskogee, Oklahoma)The First Baptist Church is a historic church building in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The church was built in 1903 and was the first church building for the African-American population of Muskogee County. It was built in a Romaneasque Revival style. It features two asymmetrical, crenalated towers and a...
, Muskogee - Gower Cemetery, Edmond
- J. Cody Johnson Building, Wewoka
- Johnson Hotel and Boarding HouseNational Register of Historic Places listings in Stephens County, OklahomaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Stephens County, Oklahoma.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States...
, Duncan - Manual Training High School for NegroesNational Register of Historic Places listings in Muskogee County, OklahomaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States...
, Muskogee - Melvin F. Luster House, Oklahoma City
- Mill-Washington School, Red Bird
- Miller Brothers 101 RanchMiller Brothers 101 RanchThe Miller Brothers 101 Ranch was an cattle ranch in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma before statehood. Located near modern-day Ponca City, it was founded by Colonel George Washington Miller, a veteran of the Confederate Army, in 1893. The 101 Ranch was the birthplace of the 101 Ranch Wild West...
, Ponca City - Okmulgee Colored HospitalNational Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, OklahomaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States...
, Okmulgee - Okmulgee Downtown Historic DistrictNational Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, OklahomaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States...
, Okmulgee - Red Bird City HallRed Bird City HallRed Bird City Hall functioned as the center of local government in the all-black town of Red Bird. In 1932, the town decided to build a city hall which was completed in 1933. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places September 28, 1984....
, Redbird - Rock FrontVernon, OklahomaVernon is an unincorporated community in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. Its elevation is 696 feet . A cemetery and post office are located in the community. The post office, also known as Rock Front, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-History:The Fort Smith...
, Vernon - Rosenwald Hall, Lima
- Taft City HallNational Register of Historic Places listings in Muskogee County, OklahomaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States...
, Taft - Ward Chapel AME ChurchNational Register of Historic Places listings in Muskogee County, OklahomaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States...
, Muskogee
Pennsylvania
- Adelphi SchoolAdelphi SchoolThe Adelphi School is a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built 1831-34 by an association of Quakers, the Philadelphia Association of Friends for the Instruction of Poor Children, who focused on the education of the city's "colored population." After the group spent $2,520,...
, Philadelphia - Bethel AME ChurchBethel A.M.E. Church (Reading, Pennsylvania)Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic church at 119 North 10th Street in Reading, Pennsylvania.It was built in 1837 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979....
, Reading - Camptown Historic District, LaMott
- ErcildounErcildoun, PennsylvaniaErcildoun, population about 100, is an unincorporated community in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. In 1985 the entire hamlet, including 31 properties, was listed as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places...
Historic District in Chester County - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper HouseFrances Ellen Watkins Harper HouseFrances Ellen Watkins Harper House was the home of Frances Harper.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.-References:...
, Philadelphia - Hamorton Historic District, Kennett Square
- Henry O. Tanner HouseHenry O. Tanner HouseThe Henry O. Tanner House is a boyhood home of Henry Ossawa Tanner, who, as an expatriate in Europe, was a successful painter. He studied under Thomas Eakins in Philadelphia. He was one of the most successful African American artists of his day...
, Philadelphia - Institute for Colored YouthInstitute for Colored YouthThe Institute for Colored Youth was founded in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. After moving to Delaware County, Pennsylvania and changing its name to Cheyney University, it continues as the oldest African American school of higher education, although degrees were not granted by...
, Philadelphia - John Brown House, Chambersburg
- Little Jerusalem AME ChurchLittle Jerusalem AME ChurchLittle Jerusalem AME Church is a historic church at 1200 Bridwater Road in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania.It was built in 1830 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.-References:...
, Cornwells Heights - MelroseMelrose (Cheyney, Pennsylvania)Melrose is a historic building in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. It is on the campus of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania....
, Cheyney - Mother Bethel AME Church, Philadelphia
- Oakdale, Chadds Ford
- Slate Hill CemeterySlate Hill CemeterySlate Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Yardley, Pennsylvania, with most of its graves dating to 18th century Quaker settlers. It is located at Yardley-Morrisville Road and Mahlon Drive....
, Morrisville - Thompson CottageThompson CottageThe Thompson Cottage, also called the James Marshall Cottage, was a tenant farmer's house built by James Marshall about the time of the American Revolution. It is located in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania....
, Westchester - Union Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
- Wesley AME Zion ChurchWesley AME Zion ChurchWesley AME Zion Church is a historic church at 1500 Lombard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was built in 1926 and added to the National Register in 1978.-References:...
, Philadelphia - White Hall of Bristol College, Croyden
- White Horse FarmWhite Horse FarmWhite Horse Farm in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania was built around 1770. In the nineteenth century it was the home of abolitionist Elijah F. Pennypacker and served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.-History:Elijah F...
, Phoenixville
Puerto Rico
- Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Manati
Rhode Island
- Battle of Rhode Island SiteBattle of Rhode Island SiteBattle of Rhode Island Site, also known as Site of Battle of Rhode Island or Battle of Rhode Island Historic District, is the partially preserved location of the Battle of Rhode Island in 1778. It took place in the town of Portsmouth, on the island of Rhode Island, in the state of Rhode Island...
, Portsmouth - Cato Hill Historic DistrictCato Hill Historic DistrictCato Hill Historic District is a historic district in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.The district houses were largely constructed in the nineteenth century and feature Greek Revival, Queen Anne, and Federal Style architecture. The area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in...
, Woonsocket - Hard ScrabbleHard Scrabble (Providence)Hard Scrabble and Snow Town were two African American neighborhoods located in Providence, Rhode Island in the nineteenth century...
, Providence - Shiloh Baptist Church, Newport
- Smithville Seminary, Scituate
South Carolina
- Hampton-Pinckney Historic District, Greenville
- Paris Simkins House, Edgefield
Utah
- Trinity AME ChurchNational Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City, UtahThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City, Utah.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States...
, Salt Lake City
Virginia
- Belmont – VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
- Woodland Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)Woodland Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)Woodland Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery located in Northeast Richmond, Virginia. It is the second largest African American cemetery in the area, surpassed only by Evergreen Cemetery. The Cemetery was founded by the Richmond Planet editor John Mitchell Junior who designed the...
Virgin Islands
- Christiansted Historic District, Christiansted
- Christiansted National Historic SiteChristiansted National Historic SiteChristiansted National Historic Site commemorates urban colonial development of the Virgin Islands. It features 18th and 19th century structures in the heart of Christiansted, the capital of the former Danish West Indies on St...
, Christiansted - Emmaus Moravian Church and Manse, Coral Bay
- Estate Carolina Sugar Plantation, Coral Bay
- Estate Neltjeberg, Charlotte AmalieCharlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands-Education:St. Thomas-St. John School District serves the community. and Charlotte Amalie High School serve the area.-Gallery:-See also:* Anna's Retreat* Cruz Bay* Saint Thomas* Water Island-External links:* *...
- Estate Niesky, Charlotte Amalie
- Fort Christian, Charlotte Amalie
- Friedensthal Mission, Christiansted
- New Herrnhut Moravian Church, Charlotte Amalie
West Virginia
- African Zion Baptist ChurchAfrican Zion Baptist ChurchAfrican Zion Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 4104 Malden Drive in Malden, Kanawha County, West Virginia.It is a one-story frame structure built atop a stone foundation. It has a gable roof topped by a wooden bell tower...
, Malden - Bethel AME ChurchBethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1887, and is a two-story, stucco building in a vernacular interpretation of the Gothic Revival style...
, Parkersburg - [(Logan Memorial United Methodist Church, Parkersburg, WV
- Camp Washington-Carver ComplexCamp Washington-Carver ComplexCamp Washington-Carver Complex, also known as West Virginia 4-H Camp for Negroes, is a historic camp and national historic district located near Clifftop, Fayette County, West Virginia. The district encompasses four contributing buildings and two contributing structures, the most notable being the...
, Clifftop - Canty HouseCanty HouseCanty House, also known as "The Magnolia," is a historic home located on the campus of West Virginia State University at Institute, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built about 1900, as a simply designed, two-story frame farm house. In 1923, it was remodeled to its present form in the...
, InstituteInstitute, West VirginiaInstitute is an unincorporated community on the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA. The community lies off of Interstate 64 and West Virginia Route 25, and has grown to intermingle with nearby Dunbar... - Douglass Junior and Senior High School, Huntington
- East HallEast Hall (Institute, West Virginia)East Hall is a historic home located on the campus of West Virginia State University at Institute, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built in 1893, and is a modest, two-story frame building with a hipped roof. In 1937, it was moved from the east side of campus to the west quadrangle...
, Institute - Elizabeth Harden Gilmore HouseElizabeth Harden Gilmore HouseElizabeth Harden Gilmore House, also known as Minotti-Gilmore House or Harden and Harden Funeral Home, is a historic home and national historic district located at Charleston, West Virginia. It is a -story, Classical Revival brick detached residential dwelling built by 1900 on an approximately...
, Charleston - Garnet High SchoolGarnet High SchoolGarnet High School, also known as Garnet Career Center and Garnet Adult Education Center, is a historic African American high school located at Charleston, West Virginia. It is a three story, brick structure, constructed in 1928-29 from the plans of the prestigious Charleston architectural firm of...
, Charleston - Halltown Union Colored Sunday SchoolHalltown Union Colored Sunday SchoolThe Halltown Union Colored Sunday School, also known as the Halltown Memorial Chapel, in Halltown, West Virginia, was built in 1901 in the Gothic Revival style. The stone chapel was built by and for the local African-American community on a small parcel of land donated by Daniel B. Lucas from his...
, Halltown - Hancock House, Bluefield
- Harpers Ferry National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes land in Jefferson County, West Virginia; Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia. The park is managed by the...
, Harpers Ferry- Storer CollegeStorer CollegeStorer College was a historically black college located in Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, West Virginia. It operated from 1865 until 1955.-Storer School:...
, Harpers Ferry
- Storer College
- Jefferson County CourthouseJefferson County Courthouse (West Virginia)The first Jefferson County Courthouse was built in Charles Town, West Virginia in 1808, on a lot donated by Charles Washington. It was replaced by a larger building about 1836, which comprises the core of the present courthouse...
, Charles Town - Maple Street Historic DistrictMaple Street Historic District (Lewisburg, West Virginia)Maple Street Historic District is a national historic district located on "Gospel Hill" at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The district encompasses six contributing buildings, all single family residences. They are stylistically "worker's houses" of the type that are to be seen in...
, Lewisburg - Mt. Tabor Baptist ChurchMt. Tabor Baptist ChurchMt. Tabor Baptist Church, also known as Big Levels Baptist Church, Lewisburg Baptist Church, and Mount Tabor Church, is a historic Baptist church at Court and Foster Streets in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1832, and is a 1 1/2 story, brick meeting house building with...
, Lewisburg - Trinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal ChurchTrinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal ChurchThe Trinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Trinity Methodist Church, was a historic Methodist Episcopal church at 420 Ben Street in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. It was built in 1902, and was a modest late-Victorian Gothic-Romanesque style brick structure. It was...
, Clarks burg - Union Historic DistrictUnion Historic DistrictUnion Historic District is a national historic district located at Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes 174 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 7 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the Union and surrounding areas. Notable properties include the...
, UnionUnion, West VirginiaUnion is a town in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 548 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Monroe County.-History:... - World War MemorialWorld War Memorial (Kimball, West Virginia)The World War Memorial, also known as the Kimball War Memorial Building, stands on a hill in Kimball, West Virginia. Designed in 1927 by Welch, West Virginia architect Hassell T. Hicks, the memorial was dedicated in 1928 to African-American veterans of World War I. It was the first such memorial to...
, Kimball
Wisconsin
- East Dayton Street Historic District, Madison
Further reading
- Ballard, Allan; One More Day’s Journey: The Story of a Family and a People; New York; McGraw-Hill, 1984
- Durham, Philip, and Everettt L. Jones: The Adventures of the Negro Cowboys; New York: Bantam Books, 1969
- Ferguson, Leland G. Uncommon Ground: Archeology and Colonial African America; Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992
- Harley, Sharon, and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn; The Afro-American Woman: Struggles and Images; Port Washington; Kennikat Press; 1978
- Higgans, Nathan I. Harlem Renaissance; New York; Oxford University Press; 1971;* McFeely, William S.; Frederick Douglass; New York; Norton, 1990
- Lyon, Elizabeth A.: Cultural and Ethnic Diversity in Historic Preservation. Information Series, no. 65; Washington D.C.; National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1992.
- National Register of Historic Places: African American Historic Places; National Park Service & National Trust for Historic Preservation; The Preservation Press; Washington D.C.; 1994
- Painter, Nell Irvin, Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas after Reconstruction; New York; Norton; 1976
- Reynolds, Gary A. and beryl Wright; Against the Odds: African American Artists and the Harmon Foundation. Newark, New Jersey; The Newark Museum, 1989