Ralph Bunche House (Washington, D.C.)
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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., in the Brookland neighborhood.
He lived there, while he was a professor at Howard University
, and worked at the State Department, from 1941 to 1947.
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.
Ralph Bunche
Ralph Johnson Bunche or 1904December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine. He was the first person of color to be so honored in the history of the Prize...
commissioned from Hilyard Robinson
Hilyard Robinson
Hilyard R. Robinson was a renowned African-American modernist architect known for his work in designing public housing.-Life:A native Washingtonian, Robinson studied at the prestigious M Street High School, Philadelphia's School of Industrial Design, the University of Pennsylvania School of...
in 1941. It is located at 1510 Jackson Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Brookland neighborhood.
He lived there, while he was a professor at Howard University
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
, and worked at the State Department, from 1941 to 1947.
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1993.
It was named as an endangered place by the D.C. Preservation League in 2001.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.This is a list of properties and districts in the District of Columbia on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 500 listings, including 74 National Historic Landmarks of the United States and another 13 places otherwise designated as historic sites of national importance by...
- Ralph J. Bunche HouseRalph J. Bunche HouseRalph J. Bunche House, also known as the Ralph Bunche Peace & Heritage Center, was the Victorian-Bungalow style boyhood home of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Bunche located in South Los Angeles...
, his home in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... - Ralph Johnson 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,...
, the home in Queens, New York, where Bunche lived for 30 years until his death in 1971.
External links
- http://dc.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,2,fid,530276,n,ralph%20bunche%20house.cfm
- http://mapcarta.com/20625920