Marian Anderson House | |
Location | 762 South Martin Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°56′32″N 75°10′29″W / 39.94222°N 75.17472°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1870, c. 1925, c. 1940 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 11000198[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 14, 2011 |
The Marian Anderson House is a historic home located in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built circa 1870 in the same neighborhood where opera singer and civil rights advocate Marian Anderson was born 27 years later, this two-story, brick rowhouse dwelling was designed in the Italianate style. Purchased by Anderson in 1924, the same year she became the first African-American concert artist to record spirituals for a major American recording company, she continued to reside here until 1943.[2] The house is currently home to the Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society.[3]