T. Thomas Fortune House - Northeast African American Historic Places Map (sitios de interés)
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| 94 West Bergen Place | Red Bank, NJ 07701 | | ||
About: Timothy Thomas Fortune was an important African American journalist and activist during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born into slavery in Florida in 1856, Fortune gained his freedom and attended Howard University before moving to New York City in 1881. In 1901, Fortune moved his family to Red Bank's Westside neighborhood, a well-established segregated black community, where Fortune bought a twelve room, Second Empire style home a short walk from the train station. Sitting on a one-acre-plus lot surrounded by shade trees and an apple orchard, the house had been built around 1883.
The T. Thomas Fortune House is the only National Historic Landmark associated with African American history in the state of New Jersey. Despite its significance, the house is currently at risk of demolition. Because of this threat, it was named to New Jersey's Most Endangered Properties List in 2007 and the Red Bank Historic Preservation Commission was formed to organize support for the preservation of the house.
Redbank Historic Preservation Commission
at 732.530.2740
 T. Thomas Fortune HousePhoto courtesy of George Bowden, Redbank Preservation Commission, text courtesy of Preservation New Jersey |
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