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Membership has its privileges. Nearby Queens College, which currently houses the Louis Armstrong Archives, runs the museum. Excellence in Historic Preservation Award, Preservation League of New York State, 2004, PBDW Architects T: 212.691.2440E: info@pbdw.com, Platt Byard Dovell White Architects LLP All rights reserved, 2019.

We incorporated invisible speakers, playing recordings made by Armstrong of daily life in the house, in several rooms to add a unique interpretative experience. 0 0000071291 00000 n Louis Armstrong was one of the most recognizable entertainers in the world when he chose the working-class neighborhood of Corona, Queens to be his home in 1943. 0000071539 00000 n

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0000081950 00000 n 0000099821 00000 n Note a much larger Louis Armstrong Museum welcome center (the existing house will remain pretty much as it is) is under construction to hold all of his historic artifacts; fans might want to wait until 2020 when that Center opens. One moment, you will be redirected shortly. ... which is being converted into a visitor’s center. 67 0 obj <> endobj Privacy Policy | We do not sell or share your personal information | © 2020 All About Jazz. xref trailer Our restoration of the Louis Armstrong House transformed a modest, private dwelling into a house museum that is a popular destination along New York’s famous “Jazz Trail.” This project cleverly transformed the home, including an exhibit area and visitor services, while retaining and restoring the unique character of the house. 0000000016 00000 n 0000071070 00000 n <<474F810D09110F47BF612E38E7CA2E3B>]>>

Overjoyed, Armstrong heavily tipped the cabbie and invited him in for breakfast. 0000001307 00000 n Lucille Armstrong may have paid very little for this home, but she certainly didn't skimp on anything else. 0000006540 00000 n

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New Big Band Music and Experimental Sounds, Refugee Music in Europe: Migration, Asylum, Soundroutes, and Arab Jams, At A Korean Jazz Picnic, No Need To Know The Music, Istanbul Jazz: So Close to the Music, So Far From New York. But then Lucille, who'd bought the modest two-story, clapboard-shingled house in working-class Corona for $3,500, answered the doorbell. Learn more. 0000002446 00000 n

But it was the place he called home and loved to return to, the place he and Lucille, a former dancer at the Cotton Club, entertained friends, family and neighbours throughout the rest of their lives. 0000003366 00000 n X��('�$,�J�F��8��y�=��p�a7�5��]�ՕJ�3f��Aj#c��d``��}b@� ��s%XK.�v~��!�� "7� In addition to what are rather common restoration techniques, the age and characteristics of the house required several unusual efforts.

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Since the house they pulled up to was in a racially-mixed neighborhood, Louis thought the cabbie was either lost or playing a trick on him.

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We restored the brick exterior as well as everyday 20th century materials such as laminates, linoleum, and the electric-blue enameled kitchen cabinets to their original condition, and repaired and conserved furniture pieces and fabrics. We restored the garden and removed the third floor that had been added in the late 1970s, returning the house and grounds to the form present during Armstrong’s lifetime. 96 0 obj<>stream

0000002980 00000 n The gift shop has a lot of historic Armstrong recordings available. 0000092519 00000 n Our team also oversaw the reproduction of wallpaper and fabrics to match the originals.

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We also converted the garage into a visitors’ center and museum shop, created an exhibit space in the basement, and also constructed an accessible restroom.

Granted, Louis Armstrong was on the road for up to 300 days a year at the time he and his fourth wife, Lucille, moved into this house. 0000092260 00000 n

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Michael Cogswell (l.), director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, with the architects of the Louis Armstrong Visitors Center, Everardo Jefferson and Sara Caples, in October 2007. 0000006101 00000 n This project scope was to restore and operate the Louis Armstrong House, a national historic landmark and a New York City landmark, as a historic house museum. The house of jazz legend Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille allows visitors a glimpse into their lives with its original furnishings as it was when they lived there.