Columbus Pike between Clifton and Stevenson Rds., Wilberforce, Ohio. County/parish: Greene.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 30, 1974. NRIS 74001506.
1 contributing building.
The Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, a National Monument of the United States, commemorates the life of Charles Young (1864–1922), an escaped slave who rose to become a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and its first African-American colonel. It is located on United States Route 42 in Wilberforce, Ohio, in a house purchased by Young in 1907 that was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974. The monument is administered by the National Park Service; the house is open by appointment for tours.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988764