Matthew Henson Residence

Matthew Henson Residence
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location:	246 W. 150th St., Apt. 3F, Manhattan, New York City, New York[1]
NRHP Reference#:	75001207
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	May 15, 1975[2]
Designated NHL:	May 15, 1975[3]

Matthew Henson Residence is where Matthew Henson, the African American polar explorer, lived from 1929 until his death in 1955. Largely forgotten, he was arguably the first man to reach the North Pole in 1909, as he was assigned the task of breaking trail in explorer Robert Peary's expedition.^[4] That argument is somewhat tenuous, in part because the expedition did not have the means to exactly determine the location of the North Pole and its having reached the North Pole was a matter of declaration.

His residence was apartment 3F within the 246 W. 150th Street building, which is part of the Dunbar Apartments, a NRHP-listed building. His residence was named a National Historic Landmark in 1975.^[3][5]

References

1. ^ NHL Writeup^{[dead link]}
2. ^ New+York County listings at the National Register of Historic Places
3. ^ ^{a b} "Matthew Henson Residence". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-15. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1550&ResourceType=Building. 
4. ^ NHL Extended Description^{[dead link]}
5. ^ . National Park Service. 1983. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Dunbar Apartments (Matthew Henson Residence)PDF (360 KB)  and Dunbar Apartments (Matthew Henson Residence)--Accompanying photo, exterior, from 1974PDF (593 KB)

External links

• American Memory from the Library of Congress

Coordinates: 40°49′31.6″N 73°56′19.5″W / 40.825444°N 73.93875°W / 40.825444; -73.93875