Paul Laurence Dunbar House
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Paul Laurence Dunbar purchased this house for his mother in 1904, and he lived there with her until his death from tuberculosis in 1906. In rapidly failing health, Dunbar continued to write, and he completed his last works in the house. The Dunbar House appears today much as it did at the time of the poet’s death. The Paul Laurence Dunbar House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It is operated by the Ohio Historical Society. 
Visitors on a tour of the Paul Laurence Dunbar House.
National Park Service
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Did You Know?
The Dunbar House in Dayton, Ohio, was purchased by Paul for his mother in 1903. On July 23, 1936, the Dunbar House became the first state memorial to honor an African American.