Birth House of Martin Luther King - Atlanta GA
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GA Cacher
N 33° 45.324 W 084° 22.270
16S E 743493 N 3738140
The modest Queen Anne-style residence is where Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised. Besides items that belonged to the family, the house contains an outstanding multimedia exhibit focused on the civil rights movement.
Waymark Code: WM49KZ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2008
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Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in a two-story Queen Anne style house at 501 Auburn Avenue, in a neighborhood known as Sweet Auburn. The house has a one-story partial front and side porch with scroll cut woodwork trim, two porthole windows, a shingled gabled end, and a side bay. The porch sits on an enclosed brick foundation. Dr. King was born in an upstairs middle room on January 15, 1929 and lived here until 1941.
For a virtual tour of the house cut and paste this link to your browser.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/malu/BirthHomeTour/mlk_kit.html