Nearest city Diamond, Missouri Governing body National Park Service Phone +1 417-325-4151 Management National Park Service | Visitors 30,787 (in 2011) Area 85 ha Established July 14, 1943 | |
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Location Newton County, Missouri, US Authorized Website George Washington Carver National Monument Address 5646 Carver Rd, Diamond, MO 64840, USA Hours Open today · 9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PM Similar Ulysses S Grant National, The Wildcat Glades C, Hohokam Pima National, Alibates Flint Quarries, Harry Truman Birthplac | ||
Welcome to george washington carver national monument
George Washington Carver National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located about two miles west of Diamond, Missouri; the national monument was founded on July 14, 1943, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who dedicated $30,000 to the monument. It was the first national monument dedicated to a black American and first to a non-president.
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- Welcome to george washington carver national monument
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The site preserves of the boyhood home of George Washington Carver, as well as the 1881 Moses Carver house and the Carver cemetery. His boyhood home consists of rolling hills, woodlands, and prairies. The 240-acre (97 ha) park has a 3⁄4-mile (1.2 km) nature trail, film, museum, and an interactive exhibit area for students. It is open year-round, from 9 am to 5 pm.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.