Woman's Working Band House
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| Location | Tallahassee, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 30°26′57″N 84°17′34″W / 30.44917°N 84.29278°WCoordinates: 30°26′57″N 84°17′34″W / 30.44917°N 84.29278°W |
| NRHP Reference # | 10000848[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 20, 2010 |
Woman's Working Band House is a national historic site located at 648 W. Brevard St., Tallahassee, Florida in Leon County.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 2010.[1]
This completely restored National Register Property is currently repurposed as a Jazz Club in Tallahassee, Florida: B Sharps Jazz Club. The website for the club is www.b-sharps.com and the history of the building is posted on this site. This property is one of the few recognized, extant properties financed jointly by rank and file and upper class African American Women. It's cornerstone was laid in 1921 by the Woman's [sic] Working Band and was built to serve as an Old Folks Home in the Tallahassee, African American Community of French Town.
References
- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
