Young, Whitney M., Jr., Birthplace
Historic house in Kentucky, United States in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum is a historic house museum on the campus of the former Lincoln Institute in rural Shelby County, Kentucky, near Shelbyville. It was the birthplace and childhood home of Whitney M. Young Jr. (1921–71), an American civil rights leader. Young became prominent for his leadership of the National Urban League between 1961 and 1971. The house is now managed by the Lincoln Foundation, a successor to the Lincoln Institute, as a museum to its and Young's history. The house appears on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1984.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | SW of Simpsonville off U.S. 60, Simpsonville vicinity, KY |
| County | Shelby County |
| Listed | Oct 18, 1972 |
| Reference number | 72000543 |
| Type of place | historic house museum, African-American museum |
| 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 | SW of Simpsonville off U.S. 60, Simpsonville, KY |
| Coordinates | 38.22439, -85.37620 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park · 47 mi · on Park Atlas |
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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 72000543. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.