Louis Armstrong House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Louis Armstrong House
nrhp_type = nhl
locmapin = New York

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caption =
location= Queens, New York
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 45 | lat_seconds = 20 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 51 | long_seconds = 43 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1910Dolkart, Andrew S. & Postal, Matthew A.; "Guide to New York City Landmarks", 3rd Edition; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004. ISBN 0-471-36900-4; p.283.]
architect= Robert W. Johnson
architecture=
designated= May 11, 1976cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1649&ResourceType=Building
title=Louis Armstrong House|date=2007-09-15|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]
governing_body = Private
refnum=76001265 The Louis Armstrong House was the home of Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille between 1943 and 1971 when he died. Lucille gave it to the city in order to create a museum focused on her husband. It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1988 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.

It is located at 34-56 107th Street near 37th Avenue, in Corona, Queens boro of New York City.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76001265.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Louis Armstrong House] |395 KB|author=Lynne Gomez Graves |date=February 3, 1976|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76001265.pdf "Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1976"] |1.36 MB]

ee also

*John Coltrane Home

External links

* [http://www.satchmo.net The Official Site of the Louis Armstrong House & Archives]

References