Mary McLeod Bethune Home
Mary McLeod Bethune Home | |
The home in March, 2011 | |
| Location | Daytona Beach, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 29°12′44.59″N 81°1′55.55″W / 29.2123861°N 81.0320972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1904 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000655 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 1974 |
| Designated NHL | December 2, 1974 |
The Mary McLeod Bethune Home is a historic house on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Built in the early-1900s, it was home to Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955), a prominent African-American educator and civil rights leader, from 1913 until her death. It was designated a United States National Historic Landmark in 1974 It is now managed by the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation as a historic house museum.