Ralph Johnson Bunche House

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name = Ralph Johnson Bunche House
nrhp_type = nhl
locmapin = New York

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location = 115-24 Grosvenor Road, Kew Gardens, Queens, NY
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 42 | lat_seconds = 25 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 50 | long_seconds = 15.6 | long_direction = W
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built = 1927
architect = Koch & Wagner
architecture = English Tudor Renaissance
designated= May 11, 1976cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1650&ResourceType=Building
title=Ralph Johnson Bunche House|date=2007-09-18|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
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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refnum=76001266
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governing_body = Private

Ralph Johnson Bunche House, a home of American diplomat Ralph Bunche, is a National Historic Landmark located in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens, New York. It is located at 115-24 Grosvenor St. Ralph Bunche helped found the United Nations, and this was his home for more than 30 years, until his death in 1971. The house was designed by Koch & Wagner and is in the neo-Tudor style.

The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76001266.pdf "Ralph Bunche House", October 20, 1975, by Lynne Gomez Graves.] |308 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1975-10-20|publisher=National Park Service] cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76001266.pdf Ralph Bunche House--Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1975.] |1.79 MB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1975-10-20|publisher=National Park Service] The house is also a New York City landmark.cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/bunchehouse.pdf "Ralph Bunche House", May 17, 1975, by Virginia Kurshan] |1.47 MB|title=NYC Landmarks Preservation Commision designationdate=1975-05-17|publisher=New York City Government]

A different home of Ralph Bunche in Washington, D.C., where he and his family lived from 1941-1947, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

ee also

*Ralph J. Bunche House, in Los Angeles, where he spent his childhood.

References

External links

* [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/cpc/050478.pdf Nomination of this home for NYC landmark status]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/dc93.htm the Washington, DC home]