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Paul Laurence Dunbar purchased the house at 219 North Summit Street (now Paul Laurence Dunbar Street) for his mother. In 1903 he returned to Dayton to live with his mother in this house. Dunbar, in rapidly failing health, completed his last work in this house, where he died in 1906.
The Dunbar house today appears much as it did at the time of the poet’s death. The house contains many original furnishings and artifacts, including a bicycle that was given to Dunbar by the Wright brothers. The Dunbar House is a National Historic Landmark and is owned and operated by the Ohio Historical Society.
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