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Ida B. Wells - Barnett House
3624 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Built in 1889. Architect: Joseph A. Thain.
From the Chicago Landmarks web site: From 1919 to 1930, this was the home of journalist-civil rights activist Ida Bell Wells and her lawyer-journalist husband, Ferdinand Lee Barnett. Wells' outspoken criticism--in her weekly newspaper columns--of lynching and mob violence stirred the nation, and brought international attention to racially motivated brutality. This residence, the only direct physical link to Wells' life in Chicago, incorporates elements of the Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles of architecture.
Ida B. Wells - Barnett House
3624 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Built in 1889. Architect: Joseph A. Thain.
From the Chicago Landmarks web site: From 1919 to 1930, this was the home of journalist-civil rights activist Ida Bell Wells and her lawyer-journalist husband, Ferdinand Lee Barnett. Wells' outspoken criticism--in her weekly newspaper columns--of lynching and mob violence stirred the nation, and brought international attention to racially motivated brutality. This residence, the only direct physical link to Wells' life in Chicago, incorporates elements of the Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles of architecture.