Ida B. Wells-Barnett House

Landmark Context

Ida B. Wells-Barnett House is publicly anchored at 3624 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr by the landmark designation record. Even in summary form, the record keeps together a construction date of 1889 and credits Joseph A. Thain. It was designated on October 2, 1995. Ida B. Wells-Barnett House gives researchers a way to connect domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change to one actual site.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett House is best approached by paying attention to lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. Read carefully, those details begin to explain how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Ida B. Wells-Barnett House is easiest to push beyond designation through real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. Those records make it easier to test what changed, what remained, and how the building fit into a larger local story.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett House still needs permits, photographs, and comparison, but the landmark record gives that work a stable point of return.