- Blanche K. Bruce House
Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Blanche K. Bruce House
nhl=yes
caption =
location= 909 M St., NW,Washington, D.C.
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 54
lat_seconds = 21
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 1
long_seconds = 29
long_direction = W
locmapin = District of Columbia
area =
built =1875
architect= Unknown
architecture= Second Empire
designated_nhl=May 15 ,1975 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1578&ResourceType=Building
title=Blanche K. Bruce House |accessdate=2008-05-09|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =May 15 ,1975 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]
governing_body = Private
refnum=75002046Blanche K. Bruce House was a home of slave-born
Blanche K. Bruce (1 March 1841 – 17 March 1898), who represented Mississippi as a U.S. Senator from 1875 to 1881 and was the first Black American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate.It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1975.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/75002046.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Blanche K. Bruce House] |32 KB|date=July 02, 1974 |author=Marcia M. Greenlee |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/75002046.pdf "Accompanying one photo, exterior, from 1974"] |32 KB]References
External links
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0036 Blanche K. Bruce House, 909 M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 1 color and 9 b&w photos, 2 data pages and supplemental material] , at
Historic American Building Survey
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