Beard, Daniel Carter, Boyhood Home
Historic house in Kentucky, United States in Covington, Kentucky. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home is a National Historic Landmark located in the Riverside Drive Historic District of Covington, Kentucky, overlooking the Licking River, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio. The two-and-one-half story brick domicile, built in 1821 and one of the two oldest buildings in Kenton County, Kentucky, is the boyhood home of Daniel Carter Beard, a founder of the Boy Scouts of America. He was their National Scout Commissioner from its 1910 founding to his death in 1941.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 322 E. 3rd St., Covington, KY |
| County | Kenton County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000360 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 322 E. 3rd St., Covington, KY |
| Coordinates | 39.08935, -84.50545 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 2 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Overlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 35 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 36 mi · Tailwater Shelter 2 (Brookville Lake) 36 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000360. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.