Florence Mills House

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name = Florence Mills House
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption = current site of house where Florence Mills was believed (incorrectly) to have lived, which has been demolished and replaced anyhow
location = 220 West 135th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York [Nrhp source1|NY|New+York|state6] , cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76001244.pdf Florence MillsHouse--photos of 220 W. 135th Street accompanying NHL/NRHP nomination, from 1976.] |890 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination|date=1976|publisher=National Park Service]
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designated = December 8, 1976 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1642&ResourceType=Building
title=Florence Mills House|date=2007-09-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 8, 1976 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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refnum = 76001244 [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/76001244.aa.pdf NHL Additional Writeup] ]
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Florence Mills House at 220 West 135th Street was believed to be where Florence Mills, 1896-1927, lived from 1910 to 1927. She was a leading African-American actress and entertainer during the 1920s. [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny24.htm Places Where Women Made History: Florence Mills House, at National Park Service, downloaded 9/13/2007] ] She lived at this address, or a similar address a few blocks away, during her most productive years. The 220 West 135th Street building that existed in 1927 no longer stands and has been replaced. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1642&ResourceType=Building
title=Florence Mills House|date=2007-09-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]

Incorrect address

It is apparent that the actual address of her home was 220 West 133rd Street, and that a mistake was perpetuated from a photo of the house being mislabelled as being on West 135th Street in a "New York Evening Journal" article at the time of her death. [http://www.florencemills.com/buildings.htm#homes Florence Mills.com] ] The 220 West 133rd Street building has also been demolished and replaced. The mistake in landmarking the West 135th Street address is acknowledged implicitly by the National Park Service, in stating that "For a number of years, this four-story row house was thought to be Mills home for most of her tragically short life." [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny24.htm Places Where Women Made History: Florence Mills House, at National Park Service, downloaded 9/13/2007] ]

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External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(NUMBER+@band(NY0402)) American Memory from the Library of Congress]