Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Named National Treasure
The National Trust for Historic Preservation will “seek new protections and evaluate preservation needs” for the North Carolina house
Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina has been deemed a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. (The house had been purchased last year by four artists.) According to a press release, the National Trust—along with the home owners, the local community, the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission, and World Monuments Fund—will “seek new protections, evaluate preservation needs, and conduct market and feasibility studies to develop a sustainable new use for the home.”
Below, find photographs of the home’s interior and exterior (taken by Nancy Pierce and courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
In other Nina Simone news, an excerpt from a new audiobook about Simone has been released. It finds Alicia Keys reading about Simone’s life for the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series. Listen below (via Entertainment Weekly).
Nina Simone was recently inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame—she was celebrated with performances by Lauryn Hill, the Roots, and Andra Day. Mary J. Blige officially inducted her.
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