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{{toplink|url=http://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/|name=paulrobesonhouse.org}}[[File:PaulRobesonHouse.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Artifacts displayed in the Paul Robeson House and Museum.]]By the time the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (WPCA) set its eyes on the twin rowhouse at 4951 Walnut Street, it was in horrid condition. No longer was its wooden porch the warm spot where Paul Robeson had sat for some fresh air and to watch neighbors pass by.
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{{toplink|url=http://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/|name=paulrobesonhouse.org}}[[File:PaulRobesonHouse.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Artifacts displayed in the Paul Robeson House and Museum.]]By the time the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (WPCA) set its eyes on the twin rowhouse at 4951 Walnut Street, it was in horrid condition. No longer was its wooden porch the warm spot where Paul Robeson had sat for some fresh air and to watch neighbors pass by. The restoration of the '''Robeson House''' was completed in 2015.
  
About the only thing left of those days were the rosebushes that his sister Marian Forsythe had planted in the small front yard of the brick home. '''Robeson spent the last 10 years of his life here''' with his sister. He died in 1976, and she a year later. Marian left the house to her daughter Paulina. ...
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==In The News==
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*[http://whyy.org/articles/with-a-ceremonial-mortgage-burning-the-paul-robeson-house-marks-its-next-chapter/ With a ceremonial mortgage burning, the Paul Robeson House marks its next chapter], Plan Philly, January 26, 2020.
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*[http://hiddencityphila.org/2018/07/black-history-museums-struggle-to-survive-amid-philly-revival/ Black history museums struggle to survive amid Philly revival], Hidden City Philadelphia, July 30, 2018.
  
In 1998, the alliance embarked on a capital campaign to raise money to restore the house, create interpretive exhibits, and supply new public facilities and offices for the WPCA. The plan called for restoring the house as it looked when Robeson lived there. ...
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== Info ==
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*History: [http://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/help-us-solve-these-mysteries/ Help Us Solve These Mysteries]
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*History: [http://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/history-of-robeson-house/ History of Paul Robeson House]
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*History: [http://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/restoration-of-robeson-house/ Restoration of Paul Robeson House]
  
Funding for the project did not come easily. The WPCA was able to obtain federal, state and local grants, along with funding from historical commissions and foundations. ...
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==See Also==
  
The restoration on the '''Robeson House''' was completed in 2015.
 
 
''Note:''  The above descriptive information came from the museum's [http://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/history-of-robeson-house/ History of Paul Robeson House] page.
 
 
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*[http://hiddencityphila.org/2018/07/black-history-museums-struggle-to-survive-amid-philly-revival/ Black history museums struggle to survive amid Philly revival], Hidden City Philadelphia, July 30, 2018.
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Revision as of 18:43, 29 January 2020

paulrobesonhouse.org

Artifacts displayed in the Paul Robeson House and Museum.

By the time the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (WPCA) set its eyes on the twin rowhouse at 4951 Walnut Street, it was in horrid condition. No longer was its wooden porch the warm spot where Paul Robeson had sat for some fresh air and to watch neighbors pass by. The restoration of the Robeson House was completed in 2015.

In The News

Info

See Also