Paul Laurence Dunbar House
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The Paul Laurence Dunbar House was the 1904-1906 home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar
in Dayton, Ohio
. It is a historic house museum owned by the state of Ohio and operated by Dayton History on behalf of the Ohio Historical Society. It was in this home that Dunbar died in 1906.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark
in 1962 and became part of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
in 1992.
The property includes an old barn. It is located at 219 North Summit Street in Dayton.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar was a seminal African American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar gained national recognition for his 1896 "Ode to Ethiopia", one poem in the collection Lyrics of Lowly Life....
in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
. It is a historic house museum owned by the state of Ohio and operated by Dayton History on behalf of the Ohio Historical Society. It was in this home that Dunbar died in 1906.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
in 1962 and became part of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
thumb|left|200 px|The Wright Flyer III, now in Carillon Historical Park, shown being flown by Orville Wright on October 4, 1905, over [[Huffman Prairie]] near Dayton...
in 1992.
The property includes an old barn. It is located at 219 North Summit Street in Dayton.
External links
- Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial - Ohio Historical Society, visiting information
- Paul Laurence Dunbar House, 219 North Summit Street, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH: 5 drawings, 7 data pages and Paul Laurence Dunbar Barn, 219 North Summit Street, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH: 2 drawings, at Historic American Building Survey