Location Plant City, Florida Added to NRHP 14 September 2002 | NRHP Reference # 02001009 | |
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Similar Glover School, Plant City Photo Archives I, Hillsboro State Bank Building, Standard Oil Service Station, Westland Mall | ||
The Bing Rooming House Museum (also known as the Bing-Washington House) is a museum in a historic residence in the Lincoln Park neighborhood Plant City, Florida, United States at 205 South Allen Street. It was built about 1928 as a boarding house and was operated by Mrs. Janie Wheeler Bing for African-Americans who were not allowed to stay in segregated white hotels or eat in white restaurants. On September 14, 2002, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It has been renovated. The museum is open Monday through Thursday from 2 pm to 6 pm.
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