Ralph Bunche House (Washington, D.C.)
Appearance
Ralph Bunche House | |
![]() Ralph Bunche House in 2011 | |
Location | 1510 Jackson Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. |
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Coordinates | 38°55′47″N 76°59′2″W / 38.92972°N 76.98389°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1941 |
Architect | Hilyard Robinson |
Architectural style | International style |
NRHP reference No. | 93001013[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 30, 1993 |
Designated DCIHS | April 29, 1975 |
Ralph Bunche House was the home Ralph Bunche commissioned from Hilyard Robinson in 1941. It is located at 1510 Jackson Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., United States, in the Brookland neighborhood.[2]
He lived there while he was a professor at Howard University, and worked at the Office of Strategic Services (1941-1943) and the State Department (1943-1947).[3]
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It was named as an endangered place by the D.C. Preservation League in 2001.[4]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.
- Ralph J. Bunche House, his home in Los Angeles, California
- Ralph Johnson Bunche House, the home in Queens, New York, where Bunche lived for 30 years until his death in 1971.
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP Registration Form". nps.gov.
- ^ Ralph Bunch House. "Ralph Bunch House". www.nps.gov. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ "Ralph Bunche House". Most Endangered Places for 2001. dcpreservation.org. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.