James Weldon Johnson Residence

James Weldon Johnson Residence

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name =James Weldon Johnson Residence
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location = 187 West 135th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/76001241.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ]
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designated= May 11, 1976 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1641&ResourceType=Building
title=James Weldon Johnson Residence|date=2007-09-15|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
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added = May 11, 1976cite 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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The James Weldon Johnson Residence located at 187 West 135th Street, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, is where James Weldon Johnson lived from 1925 until his death in 1938. In addition to being a composer, song writer, and author, he was an outspoken advocate for civil rights, working in various roles at the NAACP, including General Secretary. [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/76001241.aa.pdf NHL Additional Writeup] ]

The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76001241.pdf "James Weldon Johnson Residence", February 3, 1976, by Lynne Gomez Graves] |363 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1976-02-03|publisher=National Park Service] ,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76001241.pdf James Weldon Johnson Residence--Accompanying photo, exterior, from 1976.] |649 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1976-02-03|publisher=National Park Service]

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