African American Historical Sites

Georgia

• Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Tomb
  449 Auburn Ave
  Atlanta, GA
  
  
  

• Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Birth Home
  501 Auburn Ave
  (404) 331-3920

daily 10am-5pm

• Smith Plantation Home
  935 Alpharetta Street
  (770) 641-3978 

Group tours available: Tours Mon-Fri 11am & 2pm, Sat 11am, 12pm & 1pm 

Maryland

• Royal Theater Historic Marker
  1329 Pennsylvania Ave
  Baltimore
  
  All that remains of the Royal Theatre, formerly the Douglass Theatre (originally owned and controlled by colored people). 
  
  
  

• First Desegregated Tennis Court Historic Marker
  Druid Hill Park adjacent to the Conservatory
  Baltimore
  
  
  

• Camden Station
  333 W Camden Street at Eutaw Street
  Baltimore
  
  Harriet Tubman used this railroad station as part of the underground railroad.
  
  
  

• Hampton National Historic Park
  Baltimore
  (410) 823-1309
  
  daily 9am-5pm; $5 to tour the mansion

Massachusettes

• Old South Meeting House
  310 Washington Street at Milk Street in Financial district
  Boston
  (617) 482-6439
  
  Second oldest church in Boston and place where the Boston Tea Party was planned. Today it is a museum that features an exhibit about a young slave girl, Phillis Wheatley, who was also a celebrated poet.
  
  
  

• The African Meeting House
  8 Smith Court in Beacon Hill district
  Boston
  (617) 742-1854
  
  
  

• Smith Court Residences
  3 - 10 Smith Court at Joy Street
  Boston
  
  Historical African American homes, and 3 Smith Court was used as a station for the underground railroad. 
  
  No tours inside
  
  
  

• The Phillips School
  Anderson and Pinckney Streets in Beacon Hill district
  Boston
  
  First integrated school in Boston moved to its present location in 1861.
  
  
  

• Dillaway-Thomas House
  Roxbury Heritage State Park
  183 Roxbury Street
  Boston
  (617) 445-3399
  
  Home of Charles Dillaway, a 19th Century educator.
  
  Tours Tues-Sun
  
  
  

• Hayden House
  66 Phillips Street (not open to public) in Beacon Hill district
  
  Lewis Hayden, an escaped slave and owner of a clothing store, lived in this home with his wife Harriet. The Haydens used the home as a part of the Underground Railroad.
  
  
  
  

Ohio

• Dunbar House
  PO Box 1872
  Dayton, OH 45401
  (937) 224-706, 1-800-860-0148 (toll free)
  pldunbar1@aol.com

The final home of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Admission: 
Dunbar Members - Free
Adults - $3.00
Children 6-12 - $1.25
Children under 5 - Free

• Rankin House
  Ripley Heritage, Inc.
  P.O. Box 176
  Ripley, OH 45167
  (937) 392-1627, 1-800-752-2705 (toll free)

Rankin House was a part of the underground railroad.

Admission: 
Dunbar Members - Free 
Adults $2.00
Children 6-12 - $ .50
Children under 5 - Free
School Groups - $ .75 per child

• Stowe House
  2950 Gilbert Avenue
  State Route 3, U.S. 22
  Cincinnati, OH 45214
  (513) 632-5120

Harriet Beecher Stowe was inspired to write Uncle Tom's Cabin after the loss of her own child. The Stowe House is operated as a cultural and educational center which promotes black history.

Admission: Free