Wells-Barnett, Ida B., House
Historic house in Chicago, Illinois. Built 1889. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Ida B. Wells-Barnett House was the residence of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells (1862–1931) and her husband Ferdinand Lee Barnett from 1919 to 1930. It is located at 3624 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in the Bronzeville section of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1995. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on May 30, 1974.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 3624 S. Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | May 30, 1974 |
| Reference number | 74000757 |
| Built | 1889 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Chicago 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 | 3624 S. Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago, IL |
| Coordinates | 41.82975, -87.61756 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 9 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 25 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 31 mi · Dunbar Group Site 33 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 74000757. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.