Anne Spencer House (Lynchburg, Virginia)

USA / Virginia / Lynchburg / Lynchburg, Virginia / Pierce Street, 1313
 museum, house, African American Civil Rights Movement, place with historical importance, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Queen Anne style (architecture)
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Historic Queen Anne-style house dating to 1903. It was the home, from its construction until 1975, of Anne Spencer, an African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Spencer hosted many equal rights political gatherings at her home, and the first local NAACP chapter was located here as well. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now a museum.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Spencer_House
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Coordinates:   37°24'13"N   79°9'7"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago