Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House, Civil rights activist residence in Bella Vista, Philadelphia, United States.
The three-story brick rowhouse at 1006 Bainbridge Street features a modified storefront entrance and stucco finishing on its side wall.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, an African American writer and reformer, lived in this Philadelphia house from 1870 until her death in 1911.
The residence witnessed the creation of numerous poems, essays, and novels addressing African American experiences during the post-Civil War period.
Located at the intersection of Bainbridge and Alder Streets, this National Historic Landmark stands as an end unit among three connected rowhouses.
The house represents the place where Harper wrote Iola Leroy in 1892, one of the first novels published by an African American woman.
Location: Pennsylvania
GPS coordinates: 39.94167,-75.15944
Latest update: March 8, 2025 07:30
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