Mary McLeod Bethune Home

Mary McLeod Bethune Home

The home in March, 2011
Location Daytona Beach, Florida
Coordinates 29°12′44.59″N 81°1′55.55″W / 29.2123861°N 81.0320972°W / 29.2123861; -81.0320972Coordinates: 29°12′44.59″N 81°1′55.55″W / 29.2123861°N 81.0320972°W / 29.2123861; -81.0320972
Built 1925
NRHP Reference # 74000655
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 2, 1974[1]
Designated NHL December 2, 1974[2]

The Mary McLeod Bethune Home (also known as the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation) is a historic home in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is located on the Bethune-Cookman University campus. It was designated a United States National Historic Landmark in 1974, for its association with the life of Mary McLeod Bethune, an educator and civil rights leader.[2][3]

The house itself "is of no architectural significance" and "is a simple two-story frame structure of a domestic style common to the 1920s."[3] It closed in 2006 for significant $720,000 renovation and conservation, and reopened in April 2011.[4]

The house is operated as a museum. A brick structure added to the house serves as an archive of Mary McLeod Bethune papers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Mary McLeod Bethune Home". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
  3. 1 2 3 James Sheire (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation / Mary McLeod Bethune Home" (pdf). National Park Service.
  4. ↑ Iacuzio, Tom. "Mary McLeod Bethune's 'Retreat' Reopens in Daytona Beach." Daytona Beach News-Journal. April 28, 2011.
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