Will Marion Cook House

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name =Will Marion Cook House
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location = 221 West 138th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York
locmapin = New York
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 49 | lat_seconds = 4 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 56 | long_seconds = 37 | long_direction = W
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built =1918
architect= D.H. King
architecture= Georgian
designated_nhl= May 11, 1976cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1639&ResourceType=Building
title=Will Marion Cook House|date=2007-09-23|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = May 11, 1976cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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refnum = 76001238 [Nrhp source1|NY|New+York|state3]
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The Will Marion Cook House is where Will Marion Cook lived from 1918 to 1944. Called the "master of all masters of our people" by Duke Ellington, he was a leading black composer and musician. [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/76001238.aa.pdf NHL Additional Writeup] ] . The house, located at 221 West 138th Street, Manhattan, New York City, is part of the area known as Strivers' Row [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/76001238.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ] .

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76001238.pdf "Will Marion Cook House", February 3, 1976, by Lynne Gomez Graves] |366 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1976-02-03|publisher=National Park Service] ,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76001238.pdf Will Marion Cook House--Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1975.] |1.38 MB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1976-02-03|publisher=National Park Service]

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External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(NUMBER+@band(NY1334)) American Memory from the Library of Congress]