PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HOUSE

DAYTON, OH

20240326-USDA-RD-OH-MLM-0030 Mar. 26, 2024, Waynesville, Ohio. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-OH, visited Jones Farms to learn how this grain farming operation used a USDA Rural Development (RD) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant to install an energy efficient grain dryer that helped increase productivity, enhance safety, and improve overall business operations. USDA media by Mark McCann.
20240326-USDA-RD-OH-MLM-0030 Credit: USDAgov

The Paul Laurence Dunbar House in Dayton, Ohio, is the former home of the renowned black poet and civil rights activist, Paul Laurence Dunbar. It is a two-story brick house located in the historic "Dayton View" district, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The house was built in 1892, and Dunbar lived there with his parents and siblings from 1893 to 1902. It is a Queen Anne-style house with intricate woodwork, stained glass windows, a wrap-around porch, and a grand central staircase.

The house was well known as a gathering place for African American writers, intellectuals, and activists, as well as a location for Dunbar to host literary salons. During this time, Dunbar wrote some of his most famous works, such as his first collection of poems, Oak and Ivy.

Today, the Paul Laurence Dunbar House is owned and operated by the Ohio Historical Society as a museum. It is open to the public, and visitors can tour the house and explore its many exhibits about Dunbar's life and work. The house also hosts various events and programming throughout the year.

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HOUSE is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in DAYTON OH. US MID #8403900067

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin).

20240326-USDA-RD-OH-MLM-0030 Mar. 26, 2024, Waynesville, Ohio. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-OH, visited Jones Farms to learn how this grain farming operation used a USDA Rural Development (RD) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant to install an energy efficient grain dryer that helped increase productivity, enhance safety, and improve overall business operations. USDA media by Mark McCann.
20240326-USDA-RD-OH-MLM-0041 Mar. 26, 2024, Waynesville, Ohio. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-OH, visited Jones Farms to learn how this grain farming operation used a USDA Rural Development (RD) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant to install an energy efficient grain dryer that helped increase productivity, enhance safety, and improve overall business operations. USDA media by Mark McCann.
20240326-USDA-RD-OH-MLM-0039 Mar. 26, 2024, Waynesville, Ohio. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-OH, visited Jones Farms to learn how this grain farming operation used a USDA Rural Development (RD) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant to install an energy efficient grain dryer that helped increase productivity, enhance safety, and improve overall business operations. USDA media by Mark McCann.
20240326-USDA-RD-OH-MLM-0043 Mar. 26, 2024, Waynesville, Ohio. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-OH, visited Jones Farms to learn how this grain farming operation used a USDA Rural Development (RD) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant to install an energy efficient grain dryer that helped increase productivity, enhance safety, and improve overall business operations. USDA media by Mark McCann.
20240326-USDA-RD-OH-MLM-0068 Mar. 26, 2024, Waynesville, Ohio. USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-OH, attend a roundtable discussion with local commodity group representatives, farmers and agricultural producers. USDA media by Mark McCann.
20240326-USDA-RD-OH-MLM-0067 Mar. 26, 2024, Waynesville, Ohio. USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-OH, attend a roundtable discussion with local commodity group representatives, farmers and agricultural producers. USDA media by Mark McCann.
20240326-USDA-RD-OH-MLM-0066 Mar. 26, 2024, Waynesville, Ohio. USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-OH, attend a roundtable discussion with local commodity group representatives, farmers and agricultural producers. USDA media by Mark McCann.
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PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HOUSE
219 N PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ST
DAYTON
OH
45402

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MID # 8403900067
Name PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HOUSE
Alternate Name
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Midwest
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)
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Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)
INCOME 0
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LAT/LONG 39.761837, -84.20973
CODES FIPS State Code: 39
FIPS County Code: 113
US Census Tract: 165100
US Census Block: 2024