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Howard Thurman House

Coordinates: 29°11′54″N 81°1′19″W / 29.19833°N 81.02194°W / 29.19833; -81.02194
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Howard Thurman House
Howard Thurman House is located in Volusia County
Howard Thurman House
LocationDaytona Beach, Florida
Coordinates29°11′54″N 81°1′19″W / 29.19833°N 81.02194°W / 29.19833; -81.02194
NRHP reference No.90000100[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 1990

The Howard Thurman House is the historic home of Howard Thurman in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It is located at 614 Whitehall Street. Supporters including Reverend Jefferson P. Rogers, a former student of Thurman's at Howard University[2] and tennis champion and activist Arthur Ashe,[3] worked to preserve the house. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1990.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Obituary, Dr. Jefferson P. Rogers, "Pastor, Scholar, Civil Rights Activist," Daytona Beach News Journal, Aug. 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Days of Grace: A Memoir. Ashe, Arthur and Arnold Rampersad, Ballantine Books, 1993, pp. 320.