National Historic Landmark- Paul Laurence Dunbar House

From 1903 until his death, this modest two-story red brick structure was the residence of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), the distinguished black poet.

His poetic use of black dialect to convey both the joys and sorrows of an oppressed people brought him national acclaim. He died when he was only 34. He left a poem fragment,

I have asked so little of life./ How strange that she should deny it.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic Landmarks