George Washington Carver National Monument
| George Washington Carver National Monument | |
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| Location | Newton County, Missouri, US |
| Nearest city | Diamond, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 36°59′11″N 94°21′15″W / 36.986361°N 94.354191°WCoordinates: 36°59′11″N 94°21′15″W / 36.986361°N 94.354191°W |
| Area | 240 acres (97 ha)[1] |
| Authorized | July 14, 1943 |
| Visitors | 46,397 (in 2016)[2] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
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George Washington Carver National Monument | |
 Wagon and 1881 Moses Carver House at George Washington Carver National Monument | |
| Nearest city | Diamond, Missouri |
| Area | 240 acres (97 ha) |
| NRHP reference # | 66000114[3] |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
George Washington Carver National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located about 2 miles west of Diamond, Missouri; the national monument was founded on July 14, 1943, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who dedicated $30,000 to the monument. It was the first national monument dedicated to a black American and first to a non-president.[4]
The site preserves of the boyhood home of George Washington Carver, as well as the 1881 Moses Carver house and the Carver cemetery. His boyhood home consists of rolling hills, woodlands, and prairies.[4] The 240-acre (97 ha) park has a 3⁄4-mile (1.2 km) nature trail, film, museum, and an interactive exhibit area for students. It is open year-round, from 9 am to 5 pm.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.[3]
Gallery
A bust of George Washington Carver plays a recording of Carver's voice reciting the poem "Equipment" by Edgar Guest
A statue of Carver as a child stands along a one-mile trail loop
The visitor center includes a classroom modeled after one of the Carver's labs at the Tuskegee Institute
References
- ↑ "Listing of acreage as of December 31, 2011". Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- ↑ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 Richard I. Ortega (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: George Washington Carver National Monument" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 2 photographs from 1975)
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