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Dunbar, Paul Laurence, House

Dayton, Ohio
County of Montgomery.
219 N. Summit Street
National Register Number: 66000619
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2008.
Congressional District: OH-8 Certified Local Government: NO
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Current use/information: State Museum and Memorial.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 29, 1962):
From 1903 until his death, this modest two-story red brick structure was the residence of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), the distinguished black poet. His poetic use of black dialect to convey both the joys and sorrows of an oppressed people brought him national acclaim. He died when he was only 34. He left a poem fragment, "I have asked so little of life./ How strange that she should deny it."

Condition:
There are no significant threats at this time.

The Ohio Historical Society made the Dunbar House wheelchair-accessible (according to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards) between 2006 and 2008.


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