Daniel C. Beard Boyhood Home | |
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| Location | 322 E. Third St., Covington, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 39°5′21″N 84°30′20″W / 39.08917°N 84.50556°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1821 |
| Part of | Riverside Drive Historic District (ID71000350) |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000360 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[1] |
| Designated NHL | June 23, 1965[2] |
| Designated CP | November 23, 1971 |
The Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home is a National Historic Landmark located in the Riverside Drive Historic District of Covington, Kentucky, overlooking the Licking River, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio. The two-and-one-half story brick domicile, built in 1821 and one of the two oldest buildings in Kenton County, Kentucky, is the boyhood home of Daniel Carter Beard, a founder of the Boy Scouts of America. He was their National Scout Commissioner from its 1910 founding to his death in 1941.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Daniel C. Beard Boyhood Home". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 3, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
- ^ "Daniel Carter Beard" Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, official website, as retrieved on April 20, 2008 14:09:12 UTC.