Ralph Bunche House (Washington, D.C.)

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Ralph Bunche House
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Ralph Bunche House in 2011
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Location1510 Jackson Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°55′47″N76°59′2″W / 38.92972°N 76.98389°W / 38.92972; -76.98389
Arealess than one acre
Built1941
Architect Hilyard Robinson
Architectural style International style
NRHP reference No. 93001013 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1993
Designated DCIHSApril 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]

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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]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP Registration Form". nps.gov.
  3. Ralph Bunch House. "Ralph Bunch House". www.nps.gov. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. "Ralph Bunche House". Most Endangered Places for 2001. dcpreservation.org. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.