Alex Haley House and Museum

	W. E. Palmer House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Alex Haley's boyhood home in Henning, in 2007
Location	200 South Church Street, Henning, Tennessee
Built	1918
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Bungalow/Craftsman
NRHP reference No.	78002604
Added to NRHP	December 14, 1978

Alex Haley House and Museum State Historic Site is one of the Tennessee Historical Commission's state-owned historic sites and is located in Henning, Tennessee, United States. It is open to the public and partially funded by an agreement with the Tennessee Historical Commission. It was originally known as W. E. Palmer House and was the boyhood home of author Alex Haley. He was buried on the grounds. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1] In 2010, the site debuted the state-funded Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center which features a museum and interpretive center (designed by architect Louis Pounders) with exhibitions covering Haley's life.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Alex Haley House and Museum". Retrieved 17 November 2013.
^ "ALEX HALEY MUSEUM". Retrieved 24 December 2015.

External links

Alex Haley Museum website
Alex Haley House and Museum – Tennessee State-Owned Historic Sites

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[house-2] "Alex Haley House and Museum". Retrieved 17 November 2013.

[3] "ALEX HALEY MUSEUM". Retrieved 24 December 2015.

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